# CVE-2024-39752: IBM Analytics Content Hub file upload

> Attackers can upload malicious executable files to IBM Analytics Content Hub, potentially leading to code execution on the system.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r6q8-9x29-mrj4

## What is CVE-2024-39752?

CVE-2024-39752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Analytics Content Hub, published on 10 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Analytics Content Hub 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 could be vulnerable to malicious file upload by not validating the type of file uploaded to Explore Content. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system, and it can be sent to victim for performing further attacks.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39752?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Analytics Content Hub.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39752?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39752 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-39752 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Analytics Content Hub

- [CVE-2024-39750](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39750/): IBM Analytics Content Hub buffer overflow (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-38327](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38327/): IBM Analytics Content Hub information disclosure (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-37524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37524/): IBM Analytics Content Hub information disclosure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-35134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35134/): IBM Analytics Content Hub information disclosure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-36090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36090/): IBM Analytics Content Hub information disclosure (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-39752 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Analytics Content Hub, published on 10 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Analytics Content Hub. 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-2024-39752/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39752/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39752
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39752
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39752

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39752/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.