CVE-2024-55904

HighRCE

Published: 14 February 2025

Published

14 February 2025

Modified

18 August 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0060 69.7th percentile

Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-55904 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Ibm Urbancode Deploy. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 30.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Directly requires validation and sanitization of inputs to block specially crafted inputs containing special elements that enable OS command injection.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Mandates timely flaw remediation through patching, directly addressing the known command injection vulnerability with IBM-provided fixes.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

prevent

Enforces least privilege for privileged authenticated users, limiting the scope and impact of arbitrary command execution on the system.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution

Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.

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Why these techniques?

OS command injection (CWE-78) in a network-accessible deployment application directly enables remote command execution via crafted input, mapping to exploitation of the public-facing app (T1190) and arbitrary OS command/shell execution (T1059).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

IBM DevOps Deploy 8.0 through 8.0.1.4, 8.1 through 8.1.0.0 / IBM UrbanCode Deploy 7.0 through 7.0.5.25, 7.1 through 7.1.2.21, 7.2 through 7.2.3.14, and 7.3 through 7.3.2.9 could allow a remote privileged authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system…

by sending specially crafted input containing special elements.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-55904 is an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) present in IBM DevOps Deploy versions 8.0 through 8.0.1.4 and 8.1 through 8.1.0.0, as well as IBM UrbanCode Deploy versions 7.0 through 7.0.5.25, 7.1 through 7.1.2.21, 7.2 through 7.2.3.14, and 7.3 through 7.3.2.9. The flaw enables a remote privileged authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system by sending specially crafted input containing special elements. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, and significant impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Exploitation requires a remote attacker to possess privileged authenticated access (PR:H) to the deployment platform. By crafting input with specific elements, the attacker can inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands on the server hosting the software, potentially leading to full system compromise within the context of the application's privileges.

IBM has published a security advisory detailing the vulnerability and available patches at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182841. Security practitioners should consult this bulletin for version-specific remediation instructions and upgrade guidance.