Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy in basic-auth-connect - CVE-2024-47178
Published: December 13, 2024 / Updated: November 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101764
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47178
CWE-ID: CWE-208
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to basic-auth-connect uses a timing-unsafe equality comparison that can leak timing information. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
basic-auth-connect
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
How to mitigate CVE-2024-47178
Install updates from vendor's website.
basic-auth-connect - update to 1.1.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.8.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.8.0