# CVE-2024-52361: IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service information disclosure

> An authenticated user with pod access can read stored user credentials in plain text, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c7jc-3j2x-59x8

## What is CVE-2024-52361?

CVE-2024-52361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service, published on 18 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service 2.0.0 through 2.0.9 

 stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by an authenticated user with access to the pod.

Weakness: CWE-256 (Plaintext Storage of a Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52361?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Storage Defender Resiliency Service.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52361?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-52361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service

- [CVE-2023-50957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50957/): IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service privilege escalation (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2025-64650](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64650/): IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service Information Disclosure (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-27261](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27261/): IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service privilege escalation (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-22313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22313/): IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service information disclosure (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2024-22314](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22314/): IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service information disclosure (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52361 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service, published on 18 Dec 2024. 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-2024-52361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service. 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-2024-52361/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52361/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52361
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52361
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52361

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52361/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.