# CVE-2024-1604: Incorrect authorization in BMC Control-M

> Logged-in users can read and modify unauthorized reports in BMC Control-M by exploiting missing authorization checks in the report management module.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2wr7-99vr-6m4h

## What is CVE-2024-1604?

CVE-2024-1604 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in BMC Control-M, published on 18 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper authorization in the report management and creation module of BMC Control-M branches 9.0.20 and 9.0.21 allows logged-in users to read and make unauthorized changes to any reports available within the application, even without proper permissions. The attacker must know the unique identifier of the report they want to manipulate.

Fix for 9.0.20 branch was released in version 9.0.20.238. Fix for 9.0.21 branch was released in version 9.0.21.201.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1604?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bmc Control-M.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1604?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1604 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1604 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in BMC Control-M

- [CVE-2023-39122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39122/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-26550](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26550/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1605](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1605/): DLL side-loading in BMC Control-M (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2024-1606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1606/): HTML injection in BMC Control-M (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1604 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1604 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in BMC Control-M, published on 18 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BMC Control-M. 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-2024-1604/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1604/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1604
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1604
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1604

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1604/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.