What is CVE-2024-54169?

CVE-2024-54169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Entirex, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-54169?

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

Path Traversal in IBM Entirex

CVE-2024-54169

IBM EntireX 11.1 could allow an authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Ibm Entirex — versions 11.1
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-54169?: CVE-2024-54169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Entirex, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-54169?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.