# CVE-2023-26023: IBM Planning Analytics Cartridge for Cloud Pak for Data information disclosure

> Attackers can access sensitive information exposed in logs, potentially facilitating further attacks against IBM Planning Analytics Cartridge for Cloud Pak for Data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 19 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8pc2-wcc6-jg3p

## What is CVE-2023-26023?

CVE-2023-26023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX, published on 19 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Planning Analytics Cartridge for Cloud Pak for Data 4.0 exposes sensitive information in logs which could lead an attacker to exploit this vulnerability to conduct further attacks.  IBM X-Force ID:  247896.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-26023?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cloud Pak for Data.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-26023?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-26023 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-26023 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-26023 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX

- [CVE-2025-14754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14754/): IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to OS command injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-14753](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14753/): IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to path traversal (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-36769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36769/): IBM Cloud Pak for Data file upload (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2025-0719](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0719/): IBM Cloud Pak for Data cross-site scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-27540](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27540/): IBM Watson CP4D Data Stores denial of service (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-26023 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-26023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX, published on 19 Jul 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-2023-26023 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX. 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-2023-26023/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26023/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26023
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26023
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-26023

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