IBM Sterling Secure Proxy directory traversal

published 2024-11-15 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-39187

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.0.0, 6.0.0.1, 6.0.0.2, 6.0.0.3, and 6.1.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot dot" sequences (/.../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-15)

Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy

Classification

Weakness

CWE-32 Path Traversal: '...' (Triple Dot)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7173631
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-41784
NVD CVE-2024-41784

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Summary