🛡️ CVE-2023-31003 — security-verify-access

🟠 CVSS 8.4 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 NVD
8.4
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

IBM Security Access Manager Container (IBM Security Verify Access Appliance 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.6.1 and IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.6.1) could allow a local user to obtain root access due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 254658.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, 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 high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-31003 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2023-31003 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • security-verify-access (from 10.0.0.0 up to 10.0.0.7)
  • security-verify-access-docker (from 10.0.0.0 up to 10.0.0.7)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 January 2024 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
seclists.org
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.ibm.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-01-11
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
security-verify-access 10.0.0.0 10.0.0.7
security-verify-access-docker 10.0.0.0 10.0.0.7

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