VDB-294725 · CVE-2024-49348 · GCVE-0-2024-49348

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation up to 22.0.2 privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation up to 22.0.2. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to privileges assignment. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-49348. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation up to 22.0.2. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Cloud Pak for Business 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 allows restricting access to organizational data to valid contexts. The fact that tasks of type comment can be reassigned via API implicitly grants access to user queries in an unexpected context.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-49348 since 10/14/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/13/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Automation Software

Vendor

Name

Cloud Pak for Business Automation

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/14/2024 🔍
02/05/2025 +114 days 🔍
02/05/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/13/2025 +189 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-49348 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-49348
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294725

Entryinfo

Created: 02/05/2025 14:01
Updated: 08/13/2025 04:44
Changes: 02/05/2025 14:01 (63), 08/13/2025 04:44 (12)
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