CVE-2023-25927 IBM Security Verify Access denial of service
An attacker can crash the webseald process via crafted HTTP requests, causing loss of access to the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-25927?
CVE-2023-25927 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Security Verify Access, published on 12 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, and 10.0.5 could allow an attacker to crash the webseald process using specially crafted HTTP requests resulting in loss of access to the system. IBM X-Force ID: 247635.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25927?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Verify Access.
How do I fix CVE-2023-25927?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25927 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-25927 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25927 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Verify Access
- CVE-2026-78401 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access
- CVE-2026-78406 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access
- CVE-2024-49803 IBM Security Verify Access Appliance command execution
- CVE-2021-39070 Auth bypass in n/a
- CVE-2024-49805 IBM Security Verify Access Appliance hard coded credentials
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cgqm-2q6p-33gm.