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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2023-28955 json

IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog denial of service

published 2023-07-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32573

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog on Cloud Pak for Data 4.0 could allow an authenticated user send a specially crafted request that could cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 251704.

Patch / fix

  • ibm watson_knowledge_catalog_on_cloud_pak_for_data 4.7

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog on Cloud Pak for Data

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.