What is CVE-2024-41778?

CVE-2024-41778 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Controller, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-41778?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Controller

CVE-2024-41778

IBM Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 and 11.1.0 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.

Published 2025-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

IBM Controller — versions 11.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-521 — Weak Password Requirements

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7184423 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-41778?: CVE-2024-41778 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Controller, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-41778?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.