IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3/9.0 predictable iv with cbc

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3/9.0. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to predictable iv with cbc. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-49783. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3/9.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a predictable iv with cbc vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-329. The product generates and uses a predictable initialization Vector (IV) with Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) Mode, which causes algorithms to be susceptible to dictionary attacks when they are encrypted under the same key. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security in storage of encrypted data. If an authenticated remote attacker with access to the database or a local attacker with access to server files could extract the encrypted data, they could exploit this vulnerability to use additional cryptographic methods to possibly extract the encrypted data.

The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-49783 since 10/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Predictable iv with cbc
CWE: CWE-329 / CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/20/2024 CVE reserved
07/08/2025 +261 days Advisory disclosed
07/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-49783 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-49783
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315566

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2025 21:42
Changes: 07/08/2025 21:42 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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