IBM Common Licensing information disclosure
Priority LOW 39CWE-521Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-521.
Summary
IBM Common Licensing 9.0 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 297895.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00489 42nd 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
- Yes
- 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-2024-40697
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w6vh-92xv-xgjf
References
More IBM Common Licensing vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-27839 IBM Common Licensing information disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-27838 IBM Common Licensing information disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
- TI-2024-27821 IBM Common Licensing cross-site scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2023-27513 IBM Common Licensing information disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.0
Sources
- CVE-2024-40697 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-40697 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w6vh-92xv-xgjf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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