CVE-2024-49806
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 Verify Access Appliance 10.0.0 through 10.0.8 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.
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 · high confidenceIBM Security Verify Access Appliance versions 10.0.0 through 10.0.8 contains hard-coded credentials (passwords or cryptographic keys) embedded in the firmware. These credentials are used for inbound authentication to the appliance, outbound communication with external components, and/or encryption of internal data. An attacker who obtains these hard-coded credentials could authenticate to the appliance, intercept communications, or decrypt sensitive data.
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>= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.8CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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 the installed IBM Security Verify Access versionAccess the appliance admin console or use the command line interface to retrieve the product version information. Look for a version display in the system information, about page, or use 'show version' command if available in the CLI.Affected if The displayed version falls within the range 10.0.0 through 10.0.8, meaning the hard-coded credentials vulnerability is present in this firmware version.
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Confirm the exact version numberNote the complete version string including any build numbers or patch levels. Compare the full version against the affected range starting at 10.0.0 and ending at 10.0.8.Affected if Any version from 10.0.0 up to and including 10.0.8 is affected by the hard-coded credentials flaw.
You are affected if your IBM Security Verify Access Appliance is running any version between 10.0.0 and 10.0.8 inclusive, as these versions contain the hard-coded credentials embedded in the firmware.
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.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patches for IBM Security Verify Access Appliance 10.0.8 or later once available, and immediately rotate any credentials that may have been hard-coded in the affected versions.
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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.
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- 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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