# CVE-2024-39740: IBM Datacap Navigator information disclosure

> An attacker can gather version information from HTTP requests to facilitate future attacks against IBM Datacap Navigator.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-92h8-vfmh-w3cj

## What is CVE-2024-39740?

CVE-2024-39740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Datacap Navigator, published on 15 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the 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 displays version information in HTTP requests that could allow an attacker to gather information for future attacks against the system.  IBM X-Force ID:  296009.

Weakness: CWE-497 (Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39740?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Datacap, Ibm Datacap Navigator.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39740?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39740 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-39740 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39740 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-2024-39740 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Datacap Navigator, published on 15 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39740 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-2024-39740/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39740/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39740
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39740
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39740

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39740/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.