{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40685 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-40685 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 29 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40685 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-40685 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 29 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40685 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Ibm I. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40685/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40685/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-40685","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40685/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-40685","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jg58-8cv3-fr5r"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM i OS","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A local attacker with command line access can exploit IBM i Navigator to elevate privileges and gain root access to the operating system.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"i","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":7.4,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"Management Central as part of IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Navigator contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.  A malicious actor with command line access to the operating system can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges to gain root access to the operating system.  IBM X-Force ID:  264116.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"IBM i privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2023-40685","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"ibm:i","products":["ibm:i"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"IBM i privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2023-40686"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"IBM Content Navigator cross-site scripting","id":"CVE-2023-40684"},"products":["i"],"published":"2023-10-29","related":[{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"IBM i is Affected By An Improper Control of Code Generation Vulnerability in HTTP Server Administration GUI","id":"CVE-2026-96119","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-10-12"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability []","id":"CVE-2026-16860","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Debug Server","id":"CVE-2026-17083","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Line Printer Daemon []","id":"CVE-2026-17218","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i","id":"CVE-2026-17276","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"},{"cvss_score":8.9,"headline":"IBM i Is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime","id":"CVE-2026-18193","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-13"},{"cvss_score":8.9,"headline":"IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i","id":"CVE-2026-18099","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"A local attacker with command line access can exploit IBM i Navigator to elevate privileges and gain root access to the operating system.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40685/"}