IBM Storage Defender improper certificate validation
Priority LOW 29CWE-297Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
IBM Storage Defender 2.0.0 through 2.0.7 on-prem defender-sensor-cmd CLI does not validate server name during registration and unregistration operations which could expose sensitive information to an attacker with access to the system.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00344 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38324
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h8vm-65gc-gw46
References
More IBM Storage Defender vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-25598 IBM Storage Defender information disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-16512 IBM Storage Defender information disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-38324 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-38324 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h8vm-65gc-gw46 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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