CVE-2024-49818
📋 TL;DR
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager versions 4.1 through 4.2.1 expose detailed technical error messages to remote attackers, potentially revealing sensitive system information. This information disclosure vulnerability could provide attackers with insights needed for further attacks against the system. Only users of the specified IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager versions are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager
📦 What is this software?
Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager by Ibm
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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers obtain detailed system information that enables successful follow-on attacks such as authentication bypass, privilege escalation, or targeted exploitation of other vulnerabilities.
Likely Case
Attackers gather technical details about the system configuration, software versions, and internal paths that could be used for reconnaissance and planning more sophisticated attacks.
If Mitigated
Limited information disclosure with no direct system compromise, though some reconnaissance value may still be obtained by attackers.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires triggering error conditions that return detailed messages. No authentication is needed to access these error responses.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Apply interim fix or upgrade as specified in IBM advisory
Vendor Advisory: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7175067
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Review IBM advisory at provided URL. 2. Apply recommended interim fix or upgrade to patched version. 3. Restart Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager services. 4. Verify error messages no longer contain sensitive technical details.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Error Message Sanitization
allConfigure application to return generic error messages instead of detailed technical information
Configuration changes through IBM Guardium administration interface
Network Access Restriction
allLimit access to Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager to trusted networks only
firewall rules to restrict access to specific IP ranges
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager from untrusted networks
- Deploy web application firewall (WAF) with rules to detect and block error message exploitation attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by triggering error conditions and checking if detailed technical information is returned in browser responsesCheck Version:
Check version through IBM Guardium administration interface or product documentationVerify Fix Applied:
After patching, trigger same error conditions and verify only generic error messages are returned📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual error message requests
- Multiple error-triggering attempts from single sources
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests designed to trigger application errors
- Patterns of error response harvesting
SIEM Query:
source="guardium_klm" AND (message="error" OR message="exception") AND size>500