# CVE-2023-25834: BUG-000142922 Incomplete permission changes in specific cases.

> Incomplete permission changes in Portal for ArcGIS allow users to access content they are no longer authorized to view.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 May 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qj6g-3fwx-29q3

## What is CVE-2023-25834?

CVE-2023-25834 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Esri Portal for Arcgis, published on 9 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Changes to user permissions in Portal for ArcGIS 10.9.1 and below are incompletely applied in specific use cases. This issue may allow users to access content that they are no longer privileged to access.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25834?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Esri Portal for Arcgis.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-25834?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25834 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-25834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Esri Portal for Arcgis

- [CVE-2024-25693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25693/): Portal for ArcGIS has a directory traversal vulnerability. (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-13019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13019/): Missing Authentication (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-33518](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33518/): Incorrect privilege assignment in Portal for ArcGIS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-33519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33519/): Incorrect privilege assignment in Portal for ArcGIS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2538](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2538/): BUG-000174336 (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25834 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-25834 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Esri Portal for Arcgis, published on 9 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Esri Portal for Arcgis. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25834/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25834/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25834
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25834
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25834

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25834/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.