🛡️ CVE-2024-56346 — aix

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-56346 is classified as CWE-114: Process Control. Executing commands or loading libraries from an untrusted source or in an untrusted environment can cause an application to execute malicious commands (and payloads) on behalf of an attacker.

Affected software

CVE-2024-56346 is recorded against 1 package.

• aix

Timeline and source

Published on 18 March 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.ibm.com

Other advisories for this package

aix has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-6732 (6.5 Medium, published 23 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-0989 (3.7 Low, published 15 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-0992 (2.9 Low, published 15 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-0990 (5.9 Medium, published 15 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-36236 (8.2 High, published 13 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-36096 (9.0 Critical, published 13 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-36251 (9.6 Critical, published 13 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-36250 (10.0 Critical, published 13 Nov 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-114: Process Control) in other software:

• CVE-2026-26945 (5.3 Medium, published 18 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2025-46370 (3.3 Low, published 13 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-1950 (9.3 Critical, published 22 Apr 2025)
• CVE-2024-56347 (9.6 Critical, published 18 Mar 2025)
• CVE-2025-0160 (8.1 High, published 28 Feb 2025)
• CVE-2025-23385 (7.8 High, published 28 Jan 2025)
• CVE-2024-8207 (5.0 Medium, published 31 Aug 2024)
• CVE-2024-32004 (8.1 High, published 24 May 2024)

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