CVE-2023-50313 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security for outbound TLS connections caused by a failure to honor user configuration. IBM X-Force ID: 274812.

Published: 2024-04-02

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

WebSphere Application Server

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.5, 9.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0:::::::*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-55118	IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security for outbound TLS connections caused by a failure to honor user configuration. IBM X-Force ID: 274812.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0002.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/274812
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7145620

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0001}`	epss `{'score': 0.00013}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2024-04-02T12:54:31.145Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:16:46.340Z

Reserved: 2023-12-07T01:29:00.310Z

Link: CVE-2023-50313

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:16:46.340Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-04-02T13:15:51.270

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:36:50.540

Link: CVE-2023-50313

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-327

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