# CVE-2024-35124: IBM OpenBMC authentication bypass

> Attackers can gain administrative access to IBM OpenBMC devices by exploiting default passwords and session management flaws.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-28c6-pjxj-5qxg

## What is CVE-2024-35124?

CVE-2024-35124 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM OpenBMC, published on 13 Aug 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

A vulnerability in the combination of the OpenBMC's FW1050.00 through FW1050.10, FW1030.00 through FW1030.50, and FW1020.00 through FW1020.60 default password and session management allow an attacker to gain administrative access to the BMC.  IBM X-Force ID:  290674.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35124?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Openbmc.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-35124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-35124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-35124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM OpenBMC

- [CVE-2024-31916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31916/): IBM OpenBMC information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-18849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18849/): IBM OpenBMC Code Execution (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2026-7254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7254/): Open BMC Denial of Service (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35124 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-35124 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM OpenBMC, published on 13 Aug 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-2024-35124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM OpenBMC. 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-2024-35124/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35124/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35124
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35124
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35124

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35124/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.