# CVE-2024-28771: IBM Security Directory Integrator information disclosure

> Attackers can steal session cookies via insecure HTTP links, potentially leading to account takeover in IBM Security Directory Integrator.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h4p8-jffm-9cch

## What is CVE-2024-28771?

CVE-2024-28771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Directory Integrator, published on 27 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Security Directory Integrator 7.2.0 and IBM Security Verify Directory Integrator 10.0.0 does not set the secure attribute on authorization tokens or session cookies. Attackers may be able to get the cookie values by sending a http:// link to a user or by planting this link in a site the user goes to. The cookie will be sent to the insecure link and the attacker can then obtain the cookie value by snooping the traffic.

Weakness: CWE-614 (Sensitive Cookie in HTTPS Session Without 'Secure' Attribute)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28771?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Security Directory Integrator, Ibm Security Verify Directory Integrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-28771?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28771 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-28771 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28771 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Directory Integrator

- [CVE-2022-33162](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33162/): IBM Directory Server buffer overflow (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-28767](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28767/): IBM Security Directory Integrator command execution (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-28772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28772/): IBM Security Directory Integrator cross-site scripting (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-33165](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33165/): IBM Security Directory Server information disclosure (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-28765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28765/): Security vulnerability was found in IBM Security Directory Integrator (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28771 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-28771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Directory Integrator, published on 27 Jan 2025. 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-2024-28771 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Security Directory Integrator. 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-2024-28771/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28771/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28771
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28771
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28771

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28771/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.