CVE-2023-38264

low-risk
Published 2024-05-14

The IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition's Object Request Broker (ORB) 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.5.21 and 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.8.21 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in some circumstances due to improper enforcement of the JEP 290 MaxRef and MaxDepth deserialization filters. IBM X-Force ID: 260578.

Do I need to act?

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0.10% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Java Software Development Kit

Affected Vendors

Ibm

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260578
Vendor Advisory https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7150727
Vendor Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260578
Vendor Advisory https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7150727
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal