What is CVE-2024-43196?

CVE-2024-43196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Openpages With Watson, classified under Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-43196?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Openpages With Watson

CVE-2024-43196

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 application could allow an authenticated user to manipulate data in the Questionnaires application allowing the user to spoof other users' responses.

Published 2025-02-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.8% 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 Openpages With Watson — versions 8.3, 9.0
IBM Openpages With Watson
Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-296 — Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183541 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43196?: CVE-2024-43196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Openpages With Watson, classified under Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-43196?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.