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CVE-2023-32338: IBM Sterling Secure Proxy information disclosure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy and IBM Sterling External Authentication Server 6.0.3 and 6.1.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user with container access. IBM X-Force ID: 255585.

Affected products

• IBM Sterling External Authentication Server: 6.0.3.0, 6.1.0
• IBM Sterling Secure Proxy: 6.0.3, 6.1.0

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255585
• https://https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029765
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029766
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029765
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255585
• https://https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029765
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029766

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