# CVE-2023-50946: IBM Common Licensing information disclosure

> An authenticated user can modify restricted configuration files due to broken authorization in IBM Common Licensing.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-69mx-wr8g-q7hc

## What is CVE-2023-50946?

CVE-2023-50946 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Common Licensing, published on 26 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Common Licensing 9.0  could allow an authenticated user to modify a configuration file that they should not have access to due to a broken authorization mechanism.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50946?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Common Licensing.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-50946?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50946 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-50946 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Common Licensing

- [CVE-2024-40697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40697/): IBM Common Licensing information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-50945](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50945/): IBM Common Licensing information disclosure (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2024-41774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41774/): IBM Common Licensing cross-site scripting (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2023-50306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50306/): IBM Common Licensing information disclosure (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50946 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-50946 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Common Licensing, published on 26 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Common Licensing. 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-2023-50946/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50946/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50946
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50946
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50946

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50946/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.