🛡️ CVE-2023-22863 — robotic-process-automation

🟡 CVSS 5.9 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-319 NVD
5.9
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

IBM Robotic Process Automation 20.12.0 through 21.0.2 defaults to HTTP in some RPA commands when the prefix is not explicitly specified in the URL. This could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 244109.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-22863 is classified as CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. Sensitive data crosses the network without encryption and can be read or altered in transit.

Affected software

CVE-2023-22863 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • robotic-process-automation (fixed in 21.0.3)
  • robotic-process-automation-as-a-service (fixed in 21.0.3)
  • robotic-process-automation-for-cloud-pak (fixed in 21.0.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 January 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.ibm.com
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.ibm.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.9
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-319
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-01-18
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
robotic-process-automation — 21.0.3
robotic-process-automation-as-a-service — 21.0.3
robotic-process-automation-for-cloud-pak — 21.0.3

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