What is CVE-2023-50946?

CVE-2023-50946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-50946?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in IBM Aix

CVE-2023-50946

IBM Common Licensing 9.0 could allow an authenticated user to modify a configuration file that they should not have access to due to a broken authorization mechanism.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2025-01-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7161947 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-50946?: CVE-2023-50946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-50946?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.