# CVE-2024-43169: IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next file download

> Attackers can upload malicious files to IBM DOORS Next, potentially leading to code execution due to missing integrity checks.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6xv6-rjcf-vc95

## What is CVE-2024-43169?

CVE-2024-43169 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next, published on 3 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 could allow a user to download a malicious file without verifying the integrity of the code.

Weakness: CWE-494 (Download of Code Without Integrity Check)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43169?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-43169?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-43169 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43169 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next

- [CVE-2024-41770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41770/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-41771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41771/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-33096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33096/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next denial of service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-2140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2140/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next spoofing (medium 5.7)
- [CVE-2025-13734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13734/): Missing authorization in Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-43169 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-43169 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next, published on 3 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43169 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next. 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-2024-43169/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43169/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43169
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43169
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43169

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.