# CVE-2024-5956: Auth bypass in Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Manager

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication in Trellix IPS Manager to gain partial data access, requiring immediate patching.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mg2f-g382-vvc6

## What is CVE-2024-5956?

CVE-2024-5956 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Trellix Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Manager, published on 5 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain partial data access to the vulnerable Trellix IPS Manager with garbage data in response mostly

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-305 (Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5956?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trellix Intrusion Prevention System Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5956?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5956 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5956 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trellix Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Manager

- [CVE-2024-5957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5957/): Auth bypass in Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Manager (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-3340](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3340/): Trellix IPS Manager vulnerable to XXE (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5956 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5956 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Trellix Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Manager, published on 5 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5956 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trellix Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Manager. 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-2024-5956/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5956/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5956
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5956
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5956

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5956/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.