CVE-2024-49348 | IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation incorrect privilege assignment

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.

Published: 2025-02-05 Last update: 2025-08-12 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-49348 is rated Low Risk (24.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-49348

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-18 0.04% 0.07% +0.02%
2 2026-03-16 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2025-09-01 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-49348

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 1.4 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-49348

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-49348

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 18.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:18.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 18.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:18.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 18.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:18.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 19.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:19.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 19.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:19.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 19.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:19.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 20.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:20.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 20.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:20.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 20.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:20.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 21.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:21.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 21.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:21.0.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 21.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:21.0.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 22.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:22.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm cloud_pak_for_business_automation 22.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloud_pak_for_business_automation:22.0.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-49348

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