Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM App Connect Enterprise

Published: 2025-05-28

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-57699 CVE-2023-1370
CWE-ID	CWE-399 CWE-674
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM App Connect Enterprise Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU106926

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-57699

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when handling a specially crafted JSON input. A remote attacker can pass a large number of ’{’ characters to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU75044 (CVE-2023-1370).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM App Connect Enterprise: before 12.0.12.14

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_app_connect_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7234819

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU75044