# CVE-2023-47712: IBM Security Guardium privilege escalation

> A local user can gain elevated privileges on IBM Security Guardium due to improper permissions control.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 May 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wxcf-6q4p-3735

## What is CVE-2023-47712?

CVE-2023-47712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 11 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Security Guardium 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, and 12.0 could allow a local user to gain elevated privileges on the system due to improper permissions control.  IBM X-Force ID:  271527.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47712?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Security Guardium.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-47712?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47712 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-47712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Guardium

- [CVE-2023-35893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35893/): IBM Security Guardium command execution (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-1253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1253/): Command injection in Security Guardium (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-1269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1269/): SQL injection in Security Guardium (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47709/): IBM Security Guardium command injection (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-30435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30435/): IBM Security Guardium cross-site scripting (high 8.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-47712 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-47712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 11 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Security Guardium. 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-2023-47712/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47712/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47712
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47712
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47712

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47712/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.