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CVE-2023-28958 (GCVE-0-2023-28958)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-10 01:06 – Updated: 2024-11-12 14:21
VLAI
Title
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog CSV injection
Summary
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog on Cloud Pak for Data 4.0 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: 251782.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-12 14:21 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1236 - Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
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