CVE-2023-27290 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-27290: IBM Observability with Instana missing authentication

Vendor Ibm
Product Observability with Instana
Weakness CWE-306 · Missing auth
Published March 3, 2023
Last update March 5, 2025

CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Docker based datastores for IBM Instana (IBM Observability with Instana 239-0 through 239-2, 241-0 through 241-2, and 243-0) do not currently require authentication. Due to this, an attacker within the network could access the datastores with read/write access. IBM X-Force ID: 248737.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 3, 2023 CVE published
March 5, 2025 Record updated