# CVE-2023-40691: IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation information disclosure

> IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation exposes sensitive configuration data to developer and administrator users, requiring a patch to prevent unauthorized data access.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v2vm-8pr4-wgpw

## What is CVE-2023-40691?

CVE-2023-40691 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, published on 18 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cloud Pak for Business 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 may reveal sensitive information contained in application configuration to developer and administrator users.  IBM X-Force ID:  264805.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40691?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cloud Pak for Business Automation.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-40691?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40691 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-40691 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40691 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

- [CVE-2023-35899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35899/): IBM Cloud Pak for Automation CSV injection (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2025-36092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36092/): IBM Business Automation Insights improper input validation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-36023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36023/): IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation security bypass (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-1838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1838/): IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation denial of service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-38367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38367/): IBM Cloud Pak for Automation authentication bypass (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40691 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-40691 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, published on 18 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40691 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation. 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-2023-40691/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40691/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40691
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40691
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40691

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.