# CVE-2024-38314: IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component information disclosure

> An attacker with compromised environment access can exploit a hard-coded cryptographic key in IBM Maximo Monitor to disclose sensitive information.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3j4-g8xg-cfh9

## What is CVE-2024-38314?

CVE-2024-38314 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component, published on 24 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component 8.10, 8.11, and 9.0 could disclose information in the form of the hard-coded cryptographic key to an attacker that has compromised environment.

Weakness: CWE-321 (Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38314?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Maximo Application Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38314?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38314 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38314 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38314 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component

- [CVE-2025-36386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36386/): There is a vulnerability in the IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite for Cognos Analytics (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-27266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27266/): IBM Maximo Application Suite XML external entity injection (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2025-2898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2898/): IBM Maximo Application Suite privilege escalation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-22328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22328/): IBM Maximo Application Suite information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-43037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43037/): IBM Maximo Application Suite improper access control (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38314 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38314 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component, published on 24 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38314 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component. 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-2024-38314/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38314/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38314
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38314
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38314

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