# CVE-2017-1789: Code injection in Tivoli Monitoring V6

> Unauthenticated attackers can remotely execute arbitrary code on IBM Tivoli Monitoring servers, posing a critical risk to enterprise monitoring infrastructure.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:N/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Mar 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7phg-9j65-8vgw

## What is CVE-2017-1789?

CVE-2017-1789 is a critical code injection vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6, published on 22 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6 6.2.3 and 6.3.0 could allow an unauthenticated user to remotely execute code through unspecified methods. IBM X-Force ID: 137034.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1789?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Monitoring.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-1789?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1789 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-1789 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6

- [CVE-2015-7411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7411/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-3357](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3357/): IBM Tivoli Monitoring code execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-3356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3356/): IBM Tivoli Monitoring is vulnerable to unauthenticated file read and write operations (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2015-5003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5003/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2014-6141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6141/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-1789 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-1789 is a critical code injection vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6, published on 22 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1789/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1789/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1789
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1789
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1789

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