CVE-2024-52361
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 Storage Defender - Resiliency Service 2.0.0 through 2.0.9 stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by an authenticated user with access to the pod.
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 Storage Defender Resiliency Service versions 2.0.0-2.0.9 stores user credentials in plain text within the pod, allowing any authenticated user with pod access to read sensitive credentials. This is a storage vulnerability where sensitive authentication data is not encrypted or protected.
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>= 2.0, <= 2.0.9CVSS 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
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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Check the installed version of IBM Storage Defender Resiliency ServiceRun 'kubectl get pods -n <namespace>' to find pods with names containing 'storage-defender' or 'resiliency'. Then run 'kubectl describe pod <pod-name> -n <namespace>' to view the image version tag. Compare this version against the affected range 2.0.0 to 2.0.9.Affected if The installed version falls within 2.0.0 through 2.0.9 inclusive
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Examine environment variables for plain text credentialsRun 'kubectl describe pod <pod-name> -n <namespace>' and review the Environment section. Also run 'kubectl exec <pod-name> -n <namespace> -- env' to list all environment variables. Look for any variables containing password, token, secret, key, or auth in their names with unencrypted values.Affected if Environment variables contain plain text credentials such as passwords, API keys, or authentication tokens
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Inspect configmaps for plain text credentialsRun 'kubectl get configmap -n <namespace>' to list all configmaps in the namespace. Run 'kubectl get configmap <configmap-name> -n <namespace> -o yaml' to inspect each configmap. Look for any configuration data containing unencrypted credentials.Affected if Configmaps contain plain text user credentials or authentication data
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Check pod filesystem for credential filesRun 'kubectl exec -it <pod-name> -n <namespace> -- find / -type f -name "*.conf" -o -name "*.json" -o -name "*.yaml" -o -name "*.yml" 2>/dev/null' to locate configuration files. Then inspect likely locations such as /app/config, /config, or application data directories for files containing plain text passwords or credentials.Affected if Configuration or credential files within the pod contain unencrypted passwords or authentication data
You are affected if IBM Storage Defender Resiliency Service version 2.0.0-2.0.9 is deployed AND plain text credentials are found in pod environment variables, configmaps, or configuration files.
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 dataRestrict pod access to authorized personnel only. Apply the vendor patch when available and rotate all potentially exposed credentials. Consider implementing Kubernetes Secrets or a vault solution for credential storage.
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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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