CVE-2023-47147 IBM Secure Proxy file manipulation

What is CVE-2023-47147?

CVE-2023-47147 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM Secure Proxy, published on 15 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 and 6.1.0 could allow an attacker to overwrite a log message under specific conditions. IBM X-Force ID: 270598.

Weakness: CWE-73

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47147?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy.

How do I fix CVE-2023-47147?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47147 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-2023-47147 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47147 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Secure Proxy

• CVE-2024-38337 IBM Sterling Secure Proxy improper input validation Critical 9.1
• CVE-2024-41783 IBM Sterling Secure Proxy improper input validation Critical 9.1
• CVE-2024-41784 IBM Sterling Secure Proxy directory traversal High 7.5
• CVE-2016-6023 Path traversal in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2023-47162 IBM Secure Proxy cross-site scripting Medium 6.1

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-65h7-6ww6-hhqj.