CVE-2023-35020: IBM Sterling Control Center directory traversal

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

IBM Sterling Control Center 6.3.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 257874.

Affected products

IBM Sterling Control Center: 6.3.0

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/257874
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7107788
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/257874
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7107788

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