CVE-2023-43042

highpriority · track · 30OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.71% (54th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize, IBM FlashSystem and IBM Storage Virtualize 8.3 products use default passwords for a privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 266874.

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:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

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

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · 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:H/I:N/A:N/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-1393US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM FlashSystemall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:flashsystem:-
IBM SAN Volume Controllerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:san_volume_controller:-
IBM Storwizeall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:storwize:-
IBM Storage Virtualize≤ 8.3enisa_euvdEU
ibm storage virtualize= 8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_virtualize:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-3143IBM Storage Produkte: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2023-12-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize und IBM FlashSystem 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 2023-12-14modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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