CVE-2024-52895 IBM i denial of service
A privileged attacker can cause denial of service in IBM i by bypassing database restriction checks and impacting infrastructure files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-52895?
CVE-2024-52895 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 14 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM i 7.4 and 7.5 is vulnerable to a database access denial of service caused by a bypass of a database capabilities restriction check. A privileged bad actor can remove or otherwise impact database infrastructure files resulting in incorrect behavior of software products that rely upon the database.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52895?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm I.
How do I fix CVE-2024-52895?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52895 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-52895 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52895 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-4g76-3h7v-gvxm.