# CVE-2024-49824: IBM Robotic Process Automation security bypass

> An authenticated user can perform unauthorized privileged actions due to improper client-side security validation in IBM Robotic Process Automation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 21 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vcxw-vmr7-hmxx

## What is CVE-2024-49824?

CVE-2024-49824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation, published on 18 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0 through 21.0.7.18 and 23.0.0 through 23.0.18 and 

IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak 21.0.0 through 21.0.7.18 and 23.0.0 through 23.0.18

could allow an authenticated user to perform unauthorized actions as a privileged user due to improper validation of client-side security enforcement.

Weakness: CWE-602 (Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49824?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Robotic Process Automation, Ibm Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49824?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49824 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49824 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation

- [CVE-2022-30616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30616/): Privilege escalation in Robotic Process Automation (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2022-43574](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43574/): Missing authorization in IBM Robotic Process Automation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-51448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51448/): IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2023-38734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38734/): IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2022-36774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36774/): Security feature bypass in Robotic Process Automation (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49824 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation, published on 18 Jan 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-2024-49824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Robotic Process Automation. 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-2024-49824/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49824/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49824
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49824
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49824

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49824/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.