CVE-2023-38367 IBM Cloud Pak for Automation authentication bypass

What is CVE-2023-38367?

CVE-2023-38367 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Automation, published on 29 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Cloud Pak Foundational Services Identity Provider (idP) API (IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 18.0.0, 18.0.1, 18.0.2, 19.0.1, 19.0.2, 19.0.3, 20.0.1, 20.0.2, 20.0.3, 21.0.1, 21.0.2, 21.0.3, 22.0.1, and 22.0.2) allows CRUD Operations with an invalid token. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to view, update, delete or create an IdP configuration. IBM X-Force ID: 261130.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38367?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Cloud Pak for Business Automation.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38367?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38367 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-2023-38367 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38367 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Automation

• CVE-2023-35899 IBM Cloud Pak for Automation CSV injection High 7.0
• CVE-2025-36092 IBM Business Automation Insights improper input validation Medium 6.5
• CVE-2025-36023 IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation security bypass Medium 6.5
• CVE-2025-1838 IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation denial of service Medium 6.5
• CVE-2026-12749 Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for August 2026. Medium 6.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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