CVE-2023-35890

mediumpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.001 · 2 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.12% (2nd) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security, caused by the improper encoding in a local configuration file. IBM X-Force ID: 258637.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 1.4 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-327USprimary

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:maximo_asset_management:7.6.1
IBM Rational ClearCaseall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:rational_clearcase:-
IBM Rational ClearQuest 10.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:rational_clearquest:10.0
IBM Rational ClearQuest 9.0.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:rational_clearquest:9.0.1
IBM Rational ClearQuest 9.0.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:rational_clearquest:9.0.2
IBM Rational ClearQuest 9.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:rational_clearquest:9.1
IBM Security Identity Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:security_identity_manager:-
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:tivoli_monitoring:6.3.0.7
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:tivoli_netcool%2fomnibus:8.1.0_fp30
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5
IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0
IBM WebSphere Application Server≤ 8.5, 9.0enisa_euvdEU
ibm websphere application server= 8.5.5.23nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm websphere application server= 9.0.5.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm websphere application server= 9.0.5.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1592IBM WebSphere Application Server: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2023-06-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in IBM WebSphere Application Server ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-07-07modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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