CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-39746

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Aug 22, 2024 | Modified: Sep 29, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sterling_connect_direct_web_services Ibm 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Sterling_connect_direct_web_services Ibm 6.1.0 (including) 6.1.0 (including)
Sterling_connect_direct_web_services Ibm 6.2.0 (including) 6.2.0 (including)
Sterling_connect_direct_web_services Ibm 6.3.0 (including) 6.3.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References