What is CVE-2023-25926?

CVE-2023-25926 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aix, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-25926?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

XXE in Ibm Aix

CVE-2023-25926

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.1.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive inf…

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Aix
Ibm Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.1
Ibm Security_guardium_key_lifecycle_manager
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25926?: CVE-2023-25926 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aix, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-25926?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.