# CVE-2024-54169: IBM EntireX path traversal

> An authenticated attacker can traverse directories to view arbitrary files on the system via crafted URL requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hjq6-x5xh-mcp3

## What is CVE-2024-54169?

CVE-2024-54169 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM EntireX, published on 27 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM EntireX 11.1 could allow an authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54169?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Entirex.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-54169?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-54169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-54169 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-54169 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM EntireX

- [CVE-2024-54171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54171/): IBM EntireX XML external entity injection (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-54170](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54170/): IBM EntireX denial of service (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2025-0158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0158/): IBM EntireX denial of service (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2024-56493](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56493/): IBM EntireX information disclosure (low 3.3)
- [CVE-2024-56494](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56494/): IBM EntireX information disclosure (low 3.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-54169 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-54169 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM EntireX, published on 27 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-54169 exists.

Affected product: IBM EntireX. 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-2024-54169/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54169/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-54169
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54169
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-54169

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.