CVE-2024-40684IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis is affected by Weak Password Policy and Inadequate Account Lockout Mechanism
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.5.0, 1.3.5.1, 1.3.5.2, 1.3.5.3, 1.3.6.0, 1.3.6.1, 1.3.7.0, 1.3.7.1, 1.3.7.2, and 1.3.8.0, 1.3.8.1, 1.3.8.2, 1.3.8.3, 1.3.8.4 IBM SmartCloud Analytics - Log Analysis does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
IBM · Operations Analytics - Log Analysis
- affected 1.3.5.0, 1.3.5.1, 1.3.5.2, 1.3.5.3 – ≤ 7.2.0.14
- affected 1.3.6.0, 1.3.6.1
- affected 1.3.7.0, 1.3.7.1, 1.3.7.2
- affected 1.3.8.0, 1.3.8.1, 1.3.8.2, 1.3.8.3, 1.3.8.4
What to do
Solution: None
Workaround: Implement the LDAP user registry in place of the database-managed custom user registry provided in Log Analysis. Refer to the link below for more information: * Configuring LDAP authentication in IBM Operations Analytics for Log Analysis 1.3.7 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/oala/1.3.7 * Configuring LDAP authentication in IBM Operations Analytics for Log Analysis 1.3.8 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/oala/1.3.8
References
References1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7268536 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-55600 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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