CVE-2023-38280

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 6 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.17% (6th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

IBM HMC (Hardware Management Console) 10.1.1010.0 and 10.2.1030.0 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to root access on a restricted shell. IBM X-Force ID: 260740.

cvss

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

8.4

010

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

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 2.5 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USprimary

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Power Hardware Management Console <= 10.1.1010.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:hardware_management_console:10.1.1010.0
IBM Power Hardware Management Console <= 10.2.1030.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:hardware_management_console:10.2.1030.0
IBM Power HMC≤ 10.1.1010.0, 10.2.1030.0enisa_euvdEU
ibm hardware management console= 10.1.1010.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:hardware_management_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm hardware management console= 10.2.1030.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:hardware_management_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2593IBM Power Hardware Management Console: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-10-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in IBM Power Hardware Management Console ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

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 2023-10-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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