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CVE-2023-43040

IBM Spectrum Fusion HCI improper access control

Published: May 13, 2024Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-1220
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.5%
Top 16.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-1220

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Ceph StorageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Openshift Data FoundationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Openshift Container StorageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
CephOn-premDatabase
Databases / nosql
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Common EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
IBM
commercial·USaka international business machines
Spectrum Fusion HCIOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
storage fusion hciOn-prem
Enterprise Software
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://groups.google.com/g/linux.debian.bugs.dist/c/CEsNRLSLjdk
groups.google.com
https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/53714
github.com
https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/53714/commits/98bfb71cb38899333deb58dd2562037450fd7fa8
github.com
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