CVE-2023-30438 json
IBM PowerVM gain access
published 2023-05-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-34856
- cvss
- 9.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An internally discovered vulnerability in PowerVM on IBM Power9 and Power10 systems could allow an attacker with privileged user access to a logical partition to perform an undetected violation of the isolation between logical partitions which could lead to data leakage or the execution of arbitrary code in other logical partitions on the same physical server. IBM X-Force ID: 252706.
Patch / fix
- ibm powervm_hypervisor fw950.71, fw1010.51, fw1020.31, fw1030.11
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 21 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- IBM PowerVM Hypervisor
References
-
ibm.com
/support/pages/node/6993021
vendor-advisory
-
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/252706
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-30438
- NVD CVE-2023-30438
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