What is CVE-2023-47702?

CVE-2023-47702 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-47702?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-47702 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in IBM Aix

CVE-2023-47702

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 4.3 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view modify files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 271196.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 62nd percentile — 61.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7091157 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/271196 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-47702?: CVE-2023-47702 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-47702?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-47702 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.