THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-27290
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2023-27290

Observability With Instana vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
8.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Docker based datastores for IBM Instana (IBM Observability with Instana 239-0 through 239-2, 241-0 through 241-2, and 243-0) do not currently require authentication. Due to this, an attacker within the network could access the datastores with read/write access. IBM X-Force ID: 248737.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Observability With Instana
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Published
2023-03-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 8.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-27290

  • Confirm whether Ibm Observability With Instana is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-27290.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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