CVE-2023-46169 IBM DS8900F file manipulation

What is CVE-2023-46169?

CVE-2023-46169 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM DS8900F, published on 7 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM DS8900F HMC 89.21.19.0, 89.21.31.0, 89.30.68.0, 89.32.40.0, and 89.33.48.0 could allow an authenticated user to arbitrarily delete a file. IBM X-Force ID: 269406.

Weakness: CWE-41

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46169?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Ds8900f Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2023-46169?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-46169 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46169 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM DS8900F

• CVE-2025-36255 DS8900F and DS8A00 Privilege Escalation High 7.5
• CVE-2025-36254 DS8900F and DS8A00 Authentication Bypass High 7.4
• CVE-2025-36192 Missing Authorization with the DS8900F and DS8A00 Hardware Management Console Medium 6.7
• CVE-2023-46170 IBM DS8900F information disclosure Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-46172 IBM DS8900F security bypass Medium 5.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cjwm-hvhx-qxpm.