CVE-2016-6040 Auth bypass in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
Authenticated users can hijack sessions of previously logged-in users due to lack of session expiration enforcement in IBM Jazz Foundation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6040?
CVE-2016-6040 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published on 1 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Jazz Foundation could allow an authenticated user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced.
Weakness: CWE-384
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6040?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6040?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6040 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2016-6040 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6040 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
- CVE-2014-0862 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2017-1701 Weak cryptography in Rational Team Concert
- CVE-2016-0326 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2016-9707 XML external entity in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
- CVE-2015-7440 Privilege escalation in n/a
All Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gwpf-pfph-7ff7.