🛡️ CVE-2023-43016 — security-verify-access

🟠 CVSS 7.3 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-258 NVD
7.3
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 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.6.1) could allow a remote user to log into the server due to a user account with an empty password. IBM X-Force ID: 266154.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, 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 low, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-43016 is classified as CWE-258: Empty Password in Configuration File. Using an empty string as a password is insecure.

Affected software

CVE-2023-43016 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • security-verify-access (from 10.0.0.0 up to 10.0.6.1)
  • security-verify-access-docker (from 10.0.0.0 up to 10.0.6.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 February 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 7.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-258
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-02-03
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
security-verify-access 10.0.0.0 10.0.6.1
security-verify-access-docker 10.0.0.0 10.0.6.1

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