# CVE-2024-45655: IBM Application Gateway incorrect permission assignment

> Local privileged users can perform unauthorized actions due to incorrect permission assignments in IBM Application Gateway.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cr8c-wj8h-x5p3

## What is CVE-2024-45655?

CVE-2024-45655 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Application Gateway, published on 3 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Application Gateway 19.12 through 24.09 could allow a local privileged user to perform unauthorized actions due to incorrect permissions assignment.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45655?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Application Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45655?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45655 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45655 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45655 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Application Gateway

- [CVE-2024-28787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28787/): IBM Security Verify Access information disclosure (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2021-20576](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20576/): Denial of service in Security Verify Access (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-36396](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36396/): Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Application Gateway (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-36397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36397/): Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Application Gateway (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-22387](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22387/): Cross-site scripting in Application Gateway (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45655 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45655 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Application Gateway, published on 3 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45655 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Application Gateway. 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-2024-45655/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45655/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45655
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45655
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45655

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45655/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.