# CVE-2024-49808: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services improper authorization

> An authenticated user can spoof another user's identity to bypass access restrictions in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 18 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 1 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qchv-qqp6-v795

## What is CVE-2024-49808?

CVE-2024-49808 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services, published on 18 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 6.1.0, 6.2.0, and 6.3.0 could allow an authenticated user to spoof the identity of another user due to improper authorization which could allow the user to bypass access restrictions.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49808?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Sterling Connect Direct Web Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49808?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49808 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49808 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49808 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services

- [CVE-2024-39747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39747/): IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services information disclosure (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-45651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45651/): IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services session fixation (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-39745](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39745/): IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-39746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39746/): IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-45653](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45653/): IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services information disclosure (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49808 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49808 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services, published on 18 Apr 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-2024-49808 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services. 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-2024-49808/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49808/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49808
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49808
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49808

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49808/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.