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CVE-2024-49784: IBM OpenPages with Watson information disclosure
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-07-08 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-327
Description
IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security in storage of encrypted data with AES encryption and CBC mode. If an authenticated remote attacker with access to the database or a local attacker with access to server files could extract the encrypted data values they could exploit this weaker algorithm to use additional cryptographic methods to possibly extract the encrypted data.
Affected products
- IBM OpenPages with Watson: from 8.3 before 8.3.0.3.1; from 9.0 before 9.0.0.5 — fixed in 8.3.0.3.1, 9.0.0.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3.0.3.1, 9.0.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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