# CVE-2024-49784: IBM OpenPages with Watson information disclosure

> Authenticated attackers can potentially decrypt stored data due to weak AES-CBC encryption implementation in IBM OpenPages with Watson.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p8r8-86rr-6mrf

## What is CVE-2024-49784?

CVE-2024-49784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM OpenPages with Watson, published on 8 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 

could provide weaker than expected security in storage of encrypted data with AES encryption and CBC mode. If an authenticated remote attacker with access to the database or a local attacker with access to server files could extract the encrypted data values they could exploit this weaker algorithm to use additional cryptographic methods to possibly extract the encrypted data.

Weakness: CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49784?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Openpages With Watson.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49784?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49784 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49784 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM OpenPages with Watson

- [CVE-2023-40683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40683/): IBM OpenPages with Watson privilege escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-29907](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29907/): File upload in OpenPages with Watson (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-49781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49781/): IBM OpenPages XML external entity injection (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-49782](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49782/): IBM OpenPages improper certificate validation (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-38738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38738/): IBM OpenPages with Watson information disclosure (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49784 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM OpenPages with Watson, published on 8 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM OpenPages with Watson. 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-2024-49784/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49784/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49784
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49784
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49784

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