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Paper/Archive/CVE-2023-43040

CVE-2023-43040

IBM Spectrum Fusion HCI — IBM Spectrum Fusion HCI improper access control

EPSS 3%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
47
CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 87.6.876 × 2017.5No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

IBM Spectrum Fusion HCI 2.5.2 through 2.7.2 could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized actions in RGW for Ceph due to improper bucket access. IBM X-Force ID: 266807.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Spectrum Fusion HCI2.5.2 – 2.7.2–CNA
spectrum_fusion_hci2.5.2–CISA-ADP

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
ibm (CNA)6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

References

advisoryibm.com/support/pages/node/7151040refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/266807reflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00025.htmlreflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00034.html