# CVE-2023-25921: IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager file upload

> Attackers can upload dangerous files to IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager, potentially leading to code execution within the product environment.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 29 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-57c7-52jj-89fr

## What is CVE-2023-25921?

CVE-2023-25921 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager, published on 29 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.1.1 allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. IBM X-Force ID: 247620.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25921?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-25921?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25921 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-25921 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

- [CVE-2023-25925](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25925/): IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager command injection (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-47706](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47706/): IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager file upload (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2021-38976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38976/): Hardcoded credentials in Security Key Lifecycle Manager (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2021-38978](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38978/): Information disclosure in Security Key Lifecycle Manager (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-25926](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25926/): IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager XML external entity injection (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25921 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-25921 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager, published on 29 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager. 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-2023-25921/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25921/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25921
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25921
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25921

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25921/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.