# CVE-2024-2228: IdentityIQ Authorization of QuickLink Target Identities Vulnerability

> Authenticated users can execute QuickLinks on unauthorized target identities, bypassing population restrictions and potentially escalating privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 22 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wv97-q48c-w5m2

## What is CVE-2024-2228?

CVE-2024-2228 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SailPoint IdentityIQ, published on 22 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

This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to perform a Lifecycle Manager flow or other QuickLink for a target user outside of the defined QuickLink Population.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2228?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sailpoint Identityiq.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2228?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2228 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SailPoint IdentityIQ

- [CVE-2024-10905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10905/): IdentityIQ Improper Access Control VulnerabilityIdentityIQ Improper Access Control Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-2227](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2227/): IdentityIQ JavaServer Faces File Path Traversal Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-32217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32217/): SailPoint IdentityIQ Unsafe use of Reflection Vulnerability (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-12341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12341/): SailPoint IdentityIQ Improper Bearer Token Validation Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-46835](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46835/): SailPoint IdentityIQ JavaServer File Path Traversal Vulnerability (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2228 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2228 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SailPoint IdentityIQ, published on 22 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-2024-2228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SailPoint IdentityIQ. 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-2024-2228/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2228/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2228
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2228
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2228

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2228/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.