CVE-2024-54170 IBM EntireX denial of service
A local user can cause a denial of service in IBM EntireX by triggering an inefficient regular expression that consumes excessive CPU resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-54170?
CVE-2024-54170 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM EntireX, published on 27 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM EntireX 11.1 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to use of a regular expression with an inefficient complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.
Weakness: CWE-1333
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54170?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Entirex.
How do I fix CVE-2024-54170?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-54170 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-2024-54170 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54170 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM EntireX
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vgm6-834w-2rfw.