CVE-2024-51464 | IBM i authentication bypass

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IBM i 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 is vulnerable to bypassing Navigator for i interface restrictions. By sending a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely perform operations that the user is not allowed to perform when using Navigator for i.

Published: 2024-12-21 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-51464 is rated Exploit Available (56.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.39%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-51464

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
52210 exploit_db edb 2025-04-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-51464

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 2026-06-15 1.30% 1.39% +0.10%
2 2026-06-08 0.96% 1.30% +0.34%
3 2026-05-26 0.96%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-51464

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-51464

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-51464

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm i 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm i 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm i 7.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-51464

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