Missing Authentication for Critical Function in IBM Observability with Instana - CVE-2023-27290

 

Missing Authentication for Critical Function in IBM Observability with Instana - CVE-2023-27290

Published: March 6, 2023 / Updated: October 25, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72762
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27290
CWE-ID: CWE-306
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Observability with Instana

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to docker based datastores for IBM Instana do not currently require authentication. A remote attacker can compromise the affected systsem.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-27290

Install updates from vendor's website.

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