What is CVE-2023-38738?

CVE-2023-38738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Openpages With Watson, classified under Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2023-38738?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Openpages With Watson

CVE-2023-38738

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security in a OpenPages environment using Native authentication. If OpenPages is using Native authentication an attacker with access to the OpenPages database could…

EPSS: 0.001 (18.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Openpages With Watson — versions 8.3, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-257 — Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7107775 (vendor-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262594 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38738?: CVE-2023-38738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Openpages With Watson, classified under Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-38738?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.