CVE-2024-45670
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Security SOAR 51.0.1.0 and earlier contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the user account must be compromised prior to the weak recovery mechanism.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIBM Security SOAR versions 51.0.1.0 and earlier contain a weak password recovery/change mechanism that allows users to reset or change passwords without knowing the original password, provided the user account has been compromised first. This creates an authentication bypass scenario where an attacker with limited account access could potentially reset the password to gain full account control.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 51.0.2.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify IBM SOAR installation versionLocate the installed version of IBM Security SOAR in your environment using system information commands, the administration console, or version display utilities provided by the productAffected if the installed version cannot be determined or is confirmed to be 51.0.1.0 or earlier
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Compare version against affected rangeCompare your installed IBM SOAR version to the affected range of versions earlier than 51.0.2.0Affected if your version is 51.0.1.0 or any version earlier than 51.0.2.0
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Assess password recovery exposureReview access controls around password recovery and password change functionality to determine if these flows are exposed to authenticated users without additional verificationAffected if password recovery or change mechanisms are accessible without requiring the original password or strong secondary verification
You are affected if your IBM Security SOAR version is earlier than 51.0.2.0 and the weak password recovery mechanism is accessible in your deployment
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped51.0.2.0
Apply vendor patches when available; until then, implement additional account monitoring, restrict access to password recovery flows, and enforce strong alternative authentication factors.
IBM Security SOAR 51.0.2.0 or later
- Check current IBM Security SOAR version to confirm it is below 51.0.2.0
- Review IBM Security SOAR upgrade documentation and release notes for version 51.0.2.0
- Plan and schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade
- Create a full backup of the IBM Security SOAR database and configuration
- Perform the upgrade to IBM Security SOAR version 51.0.2.0 or later following official IBM upgrade procedures
- Verify the upgrade completed successfully by checking the version number
- Test the password recovery mechanism to confirm the vulnerability is remediated
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-45670 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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