What is CVE-2023-38018?

CVE-2023-38018 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Shares, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-38018?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Aspera Shares

CVE-2023-38018

IBM Aspera Shares 1.10.0 PL2 does not invalidate session after a password change which could allow an authenticated user to impersonate another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 260574.

Published 2024-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Aspera Shares — versions 1.10.0 PL2
IBM Aspera Shares — versions 1.10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7164325 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38018?: CVE-2023-38018 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Shares, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-38018?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.