CVE-2024-9802
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 · uneditedThe conformance validation endpoint is public so everybody can verify the conformance of onboarded services. The response could contain specific information about the service, including available endpoints, and swagger. It could advise about the running version of a service to an attacker. The attacker could also check if a service is running.
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 confidenceA publicly accessible conformance validation endpoint exposes sensitive service information including available endpoints, swagger documentation, and running service versions. This unauthenticated access allows attackers to enumerate running services and gather version information for further attack planning.
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>= 2.11.0, < 2.17.0CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 Zowe API Mediation Layer versionIdentify the installed version of Zowe API Mediation Layer in your environment. This is typically found in the product documentation, installation directory, or by querying the service directly.Affected if Installed version is >= 2.11.0 and < 2.17.0
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Identify the conformance validation endpointLocate the conformance validation endpoint URL. In Zowe API ML, this is commonly found at /api/v1/conformance/ or similar paths under the API Mediation Layer gateway.Affected if The endpoint exists and is accessible in the deployment
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Test unauthenticated access to the endpointSend an HTTP GET request to the conformance validation endpoint without providing any authentication credentials. Observe whether the request succeeds and returns a response.Affected if The endpoint returns a successful response without requiring authentication (HTTP 200 OK)
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Inspect response for sensitive informationExamine the HTTP response body from the unauthenticated request. Look for exposed details such as service endpoint paths, swagger documentation URLs, running service version numbers, or internal service names.Affected if The response contains version numbers, internal endpoint paths, swagger documentation links, or other service metadata that should not be publicly exposed
You are affected if Zowe API Mediation Layer version is between 2.11.0 and 2.17.0 AND the conformance validation endpoint is accessible without authentication and returns sensitive service information.
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 · scoped2.17.0
Implement authentication and authorization controls on the conformance validation endpoint, or restrict the exposed information in responses to exclude version details and sensitive endpoint data.
Zowe API Mediation Layer version 2.17.0 or later
- 1. Identify the current Zowe API Mediation Layer version by checking your deployment or running `java -jar` with the API ML jar file.
- 2. Review the Zowe upgrade documentation for your deployment type (Zowe installation guide).
- 3. Plan the upgrade to version 2.17.0 or later, ensuring compatibility with your existing Zowe components and z/OS version.
- 4. Perform a backup of your current Zowe configuration and data.
- 5. Apply the upgrade following the official Zowe upgrade procedures.
- 6. After upgrade, verify that the conformance validation endpoint now requires authentication by attempting an unauthenticated request.
- 7. Confirm that service version information is no longer exposed to unauthenticated users.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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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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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