CVE-2023-38002 IBM Storage Scale session fixation

What is CVE-2023-38002?

CVE-2023-38002 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Storage Scale, published on 30 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Storage Scale 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.9.2 could allow an authenticated user to steal or manipulate an active session to gain access to the system. IBM X-Force ID: 260208.

Weakness: CWE-384

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38002?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Storage Scale.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38002?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38002 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2023-38002 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2024-31892 IBM Storage Scale SQL injection High 7.5
• CVE-2026-19483 Information disclosure in Storage Scale High 7.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6cvj-fvh7-97h6.