# CVE-2024-22326: IBM System Storage improper authentication

> Remote attackers can bypass authentication on IBM System Storage DS8900F by using an empty password for LDAP connections, gaining unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rq57-8pjv-c6r7

## What is CVE-2024-22326?

CVE-2024-22326 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM System Storage DS8900F, published on 6 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM System Storage DS8900F 89.22.19.0, 89.30.68.0, 89.32.40.0, 89.33.48.0, 89.40.83.0, and 89.40.93.0 could allow a remote user to create an LDAP connection with a valid username and empty password to establish an anonymous connection.    IBM X-Force ID:  279518.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22326?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Ds8900f Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-22326?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22326 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-22326 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22326 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM System Storage DS8900F

- [CVE-2025-36255](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36255/): DS8900F and DS8A00 Privilege Escalation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-36254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36254/): DS8900F and DS8A00 Authentication Bypass (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2025-36192](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36192/): Missing Authorization with the DS8900F and DS8A00 Hardware Management Console (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2023-46169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46169/): IBM DS8900F file manipulation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-46170](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46170/): IBM DS8900F information disclosure (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22326 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22326 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM System Storage DS8900F, published on 6 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22326 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM System Storage DS8900F. 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-2024-22326/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22326/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22326
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22326
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22326

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.