# CVE-2024-39733: IBM Datacap Navigator information disclosure

> Local attackers can read user credentials stored in plain text within IBM Datacap Navigator, leading to potential account compromise.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rf42-gqmw-5vh9

## What is CVE-2024-39733?

CVE-2024-39733 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Datacap Navigator, published on 14 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Datacap Navigator 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.1.7, 9.1.8, and 9.1.9 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user.  IBM X-Force ID:  295972.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-256 (Plaintext Storage of a Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39733?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Datacap.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39733?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39733 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-39733 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39733 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Datacap Navigator

- [CVE-2024-39736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39736/): IBM Datacap Navigator HTTP HOST header injection (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-39728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39728/): IBM Datacap Navigator cross-site scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2026-8059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8059/): Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Datacap (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-39731](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39731/): IBM Datacap Navigator information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2026-8636](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8636/): Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Datacap (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-39733 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39733 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Datacap Navigator, published on 14 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39733 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Datacap Navigator. 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-2024-39733/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39733/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39733
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39733
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39733

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39733/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.