CVE-2023-40683: IBM Openpages With Watson

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could allow remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by insufficient authorization checks. By authenticating as an OpenPages user and using non-public APIs, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security and gain unauthorized administrative access to the application. IBM X-Force ID: 264005.

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.