# CVE-2024-40697: IBM Common Licensing information disclosure

> Weak default password requirements in IBM Common Licensing allow attackers to compromise user accounts through brute-force or guessing attacks.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w6vh-92xv-xgjf

## What is CVE-2024-40697?

CVE-2024-40697 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Common Licensing, published on 13 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Common Licensing 9.0 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.  IBM X-Force ID:  297895.

Weakness: CWE-521 (Weak Password Requirements)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40697?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Common Licensing.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-40697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-40697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Common Licensing

- [CVE-2023-50946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50946/): IBM Common Licensing information disclosure (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-50945](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50945/): IBM Common Licensing information disclosure (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2024-41774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41774/): IBM Common Licensing cross-site scripting (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2023-50306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50306/): IBM Common Licensing information disclosure (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-40697 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-40697 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Common Licensing, published on 13 Aug 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-2024-40697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Common Licensing. 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-2024-40697/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40697/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40697
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40697
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40697

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40697/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.