# CVE-2023-28522: IBM API Connect improper access control

> Authenticated users can perform unauthorized actions in IBM API Connect, potentially escalating privileges or modifying data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 12 May 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9g4j-59c5-m7v8

## What is CVE-2023-28522?

CVE-2023-28522 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Api Connect, published on 12 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM API Connect V10 could allow an authenticated user to perform actions that they should not have access to.  IBM X-Force ID:  250585.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28522?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Api Connect.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28522?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28522 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28522 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28522 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Api Connect

- [CVE-2019-4202](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4202/): Command injection in API Connect (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-13915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13915/): Authentication bypass in IBM API Connect (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1469](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1469/): Command injection in API Connect (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-9074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9074/): IBM API Connect SQL Injection (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2019-4008](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4008/): Information disclosure in API Connect (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28522 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28522 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Api Connect, published on 12 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-2023-28522 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Api Connect. 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-2023-28522/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28522/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28522
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28522
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28522

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28522/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.