CVE-2023-38741

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.03% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 8.1, 8.2, and 9.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper enforcement of the timeout on individual read operations. By conducting a slowloris-type attacks, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 262905.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USCWE-400US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM TXSeries 8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:txseries:8.1
IBM TXSeries 8.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:txseries:8.2
IBM TXSeries 9.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:txseries:9.1
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms≤ 8.1, 8.2, 9.1enisa_euvdEU
IBM Corp. IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms≤ 8.2fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms≤ 9.1fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms≤ 8.1fstec_bduRU
ibm txseries for multiplatform= 8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:txseries_for_multiplatform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm txseries for multiplatform= 8.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:txseries_for_multiplatform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm txseries for multiplatform= 9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:txseries_for_multiplatform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2056IBM TXSeries: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2023-08-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in IBM TXSeries ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-08-14modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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