CVE-2024-40683 Auth bypass in Operations Analytics - Log Analysis
Authenticated users can maintain active sessions after a password change, allowing them to impersonate other users on the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-40683?
CVE-2024-40683 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis, published on 30 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.5.0, 1.3.5.1, 1.3.5.2, 1.3.5.3, 1.3.6.0, 1.3.6.1, 1.3.7.0, 1.3.7.1, 1.3.7.2, and 1.3.8.0, 1.3.8.1, 1.3.8.2, 1.3.8.3, 1.3.8.4 does not invalidate session after a password chance which could allow an authenticated user to impersonate another user on the system.
Weakness: CWE-613
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40683?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Operations Analytics - Log Analysis.
How do I fix CVE-2024-40683?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-40683 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40683 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6826-48wr-ph83.