What is CVE-2023-40368?

CVE-2023-40368 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Protect, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-40368?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Storage Protect

CVE-2023-40368

IBM Storage Protect 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.19.0 could allow a privileged user to obtain sensitive information from the administrative command line client. IBM X-Force ID: 263456.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2023-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

IBM Storage Protect
IBM Storage Protect Client — versions 8.1.0.0
IBM Storage Protect For Space Management — versions 8.1.0.0
IBM Storage Protect For Virtual Environments — versions 8.1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7034288 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/263456 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40368?: CVE-2023-40368 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Protect, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-40368?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.