Password-reset instruction disclosure via man-in-the-middle interception
Published Jul 7, 2025 · Updated Aug 24, 2025
Weak password recovery in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS 9.7.2.9 allows remote attackers to obtain a user's reset instructions. IBM has not published the affected password-recovery component or the operation that exposes reset instructions to an intercepted connection. Exploitation requires a man-in-the-middle position and an affected configuration; the disclosed consequence is access to reset instructions, not direct password modification.
Summary
What happened
Weak password recovery in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS 9.7.2.9 allows remote attackers to obtain a user's reset instructions. IBM has not published the affected password-recovery component or the operation that exposes reset instructions to an intercepted connection. Exploitation requires a man-in-the-middle position and an affected configuration; the disclosed consequence is access to reset instructions, not direct password modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-43190
- Published
- Jul 7, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 24, 2025
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS and DOORS Web Access
- Classifications
- CWE-640, T1557
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 7, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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