CVE-2023-46170 IBM DS8900F information disclosure

What is CVE-2023-46170?

CVE-2023-46170 is a medium-severity 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 read files after enumerating file names.

Weakness: CWE-204

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46170?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Ds8900f Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2023-46170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-46170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46170 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-2023-46169 IBM DS8900F file manipulation Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-46172 IBM DS8900F security bypass Medium 5.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-q4mq-w4v3-mv77.