# CVE-2024-49353: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data denial of service

> Attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering a race condition in concurrent resource usage within IBM Watson Speech Services.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4qrj-7fxc-vhj8

## What is CVE-2024-49353?

CVE-2024-49353 is a high-severity vulnerability in Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data, published on 26 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.0 through 5.0.2 does not properly check inputs to resources that are used concurrently, which might lead to unexpected states, possibly resulting in a crash.

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49353?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Watson Assistant for Ibm Cloud Pak for Data.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49353?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49353 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49353 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49353 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

- [CVE-2024-49790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49790/): IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data cross-site scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2019-4428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4428/): Cross-site scripting in Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49353 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49353 is a high-severity vulnerability in Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data, published on 26 Nov 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-2024-49353 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. 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-2024-49353/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49353/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49353
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49353
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49353

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49353/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.