CVE-2023-38738: IBM Openpages With Watson

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security in a OpenPages environment using Native authentication. If OpenPages is using Native authentication an attacker with access to the OpenPages database could through a series of specially crafted steps could exploit this weakness and gain unauthorized access to other OpenPages accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 262594.

Affected products

• IBM Openpages With Watson: from 8.3, before 8.3.0.2.7 (fixed in 8.3.0.2.7); version 9.0 only

Published 2024-01-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.