What is CVE-2024-25031?

CVE-2024-25031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Defender, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-25031?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Storage Defender

CVE-2024-25031

IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service 2.0.0 through 2.0.4 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow an attacker on the network to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 281678.

Published 2024-06-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Storage Defender
IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service — versions 2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7158446 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281678 (VDB Entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25031?: CVE-2024-25031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Defender, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-25031?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.