CVE-2023-30434: IBM Elastic Storage System

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Storage Scale (IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.2.9, 5.1.3.0 through 5.1.6.1 and IBM Elastic Storage Systems 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.2.5, 6.1.3.0 through 6.1.6.0) could allow a local user to cause a kernel panic. IBM X-Force ID: 252187.

Affected products

• IBM Elastic Storage System: from 6.1.0.0, before 6.1.2.6 (fixed in 6.1.2.6); from 6.1.3.0, before 6.1.6.1 (fixed in 6.1.6.1)
• IBM Spectrum Scale: from 5.1.0.0, up to and including 5.1.2.9; from 5.1.3.0, up to and including 5.1.6.1

Published 2023-05-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.