Unauthorized access via hard-coded database passwords
Published Feb 19, 2025 · Updated Aug 15, 2025
Hard-coded credentials in IBM Controller 11.1.0 allow remote authenticated users to gain unauthorized system access through the client. The Windows client embeds database passwords directly in its source code, exposing reusable credentials to users able to inspect the application. Exploitation requires low-privilege access and no user interaction; the credentials permit unauthorized database-backed system access.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in IBM Controller 11.1.0 allow remote authenticated users to gain unauthorized system access through the client. The Windows client embeds database passwords directly in its source code, exposing reusable credentials to users able to inspect the application. Exploitation requires low-privilege access and no user interaction; the credentials permit unauthorized database-backed system access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-52902
- Published
- Feb 19, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 15, 2025
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- IBM Controller
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T1552.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=11.0.0 <=11.0.1 changes=[{"at":"FP3","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=11.1.0
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