CVE-2023-25681 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

LDAP users on IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.5 which are configured to require multifactor authentication can still authenticate to the CIM interface using only username and password. This does not affect local users with MFA configured or remote users authenticating via single sign-on. IBM X-Force ID: 247033.

Published: 2024-03-05

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Spectrum Virtualize

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.5`	affected	—

No data.

No data.

Vendor	Product	Confidence	Versions
Ibm	Spectrum Virtualize	—	—

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-29596	LDAP users on IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.5 which are configured to require multifactor authentication can still authenticate to the CIM interface using only username and password. This does not affect local users with MFA configured or remote users authenticating via single sign-on. IBM X-Force ID: 247033.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247033
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6962203

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Spectrum Virtualize

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2024-03-05T19:42:01.977Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:25:19.391Z

Reserved: 2023-02-11T18:09:03.126Z

Link: CVE-2023-25681

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:25:19.391Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-05T20:16:00.857

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:49:55.693

Link: CVE-2023-25681

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:23:11Z

Weaknesses

CWE-308

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