CVE-2023-35899
IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 18.0.0, 18.0.1, 18.0.2, 19.0.1, 19.0.2, 19.0.3, 20.0.1, 20.0.2, 20.0.3, 21.0.1, 21.0.2, 21.0.3, 22.0.1, and 22.0.2 is potentially vulnerable to CSV Injection. A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-Force ID: 259354.
Vulnerability Summary
CVSS v3 Score
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
This vulnerability has a 0.09% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 25% of all scored CVEs.
CWE Classification
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Same Weakness Type(CWE-1236)
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