Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-41787

Race Condition in Ibm Doors Next 7.0.2 … 7.0.3

Published
10 January 2025
Modified
20 August 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.011 63th percentile
Risk Priority 73 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-41787 is a critical-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in Ibm Doors Next. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception (T1034); ranked in the top 37% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-25 (Reference Monitor) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next versions 7.0.2 and 7.0.3 are affected by CVE-2024-41787, a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) stemming from a race condition (CWE-367). This flaw enables a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions by sending a specially crafted request, potentially leading to remote code execution.

The vulnerability can be exploited by any unauthenticated remote attacker over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation grants high-impact access, allowing the attacker to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise on the targeted system.

For mitigation details, refer to the official IBM advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7180636, which outlines available patches and remediation steps.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next 7.0.2 and 7.0.3 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a race condition. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely execute code.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1034 Path Interception Persistence
**This technique has been deprecated.
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions.
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow Stealth
Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking the way operating systems run programs.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-64645Same vendor: Ibm
CVE-2023-45192Same product: Ibm Doors Next
CVE-2024-41779Same vendor: Ibm
CVE-2025-0759Same vendor: Ibm
CVE-2025-3473Same vendor: Ibm
CVE-2025-36244Same vendor: Ibm
CVE-2024-21362Shared CWE-367
CVE-2024-26218Shared CWE-367
CVE-2025-46326Shared CWE-367
CVE-2024-28137Shared CWE-367

Affected Assets

ibm
doors next
7.0.2, 7.0.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V15.4.2
  • V17.2.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

A reference monitor that is always invoked and analyzable structurally eliminates the non-atomic check-then-use pattern underlying TOCTOU.

Access enforcement that performs an atomic check-and-use decision directly stops the window in which a TOCTOU race can be exploited.

Process isolation limits the blast radius of a successful TOCTOU exploitation but does not remove the race itself.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly include coding standards and reviews that prevent TOCTOU race conditions.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

none

Reliable, synchronized time across systems narrows the exploitable window in which a resource state can change between a security check and its use.

References