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CVE-2023-38734: IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0 through 21.0.7.1 and 23.0.0 through 23.0.1 is vulnerable to incorrect privilege assignment when importing users from an LDAP directory. IBM X-Force ID: 262481.

Affected products

• IBM Robotic Process Automation: from 21.0.0 through 21.0.7.1; 23.0.0, 23.0.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262481
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7028227
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262481
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7028227

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