CVE-2024-40684 (GCVE-0-2024-40684)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-27 13:48
Modified
2026-05-27 15:33
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-521 - Weak Password Requirements
Summary
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.5.0, 1.3.5.1, 1.3.5.2, 1.3.5.3, 1.3.6.0, 1.3.6.1, 1.3.7.0, 1.3.7.1, 1.3.7.2, and 1.3.8.0, 1.3.8.1, 1.3.8.2, 1.3.8.3, 1.3.8.4 IBM SmartCloud Analytics - Log Analysis does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| IBM | Operations Analytics - Log Analysis |
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