What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-39724?

CVE-2024-39724 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of IBM are affected by CVE-2024-39724?

CVE-2024-39724 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 5.3. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2024-39724?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

IBM CVE-2024-39724

MEDIUM

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)

2026-02-04 psirt@us.ibm.com

IBM Denial Of Service

5.3

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 21:54 vuln.today

CVE Published

Feb 04, 2026 - 21:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data versions 7.6 (on CP4D 4.8), 7.7 (on CP4D 5.0), and 7.8 (on CP4D 5.1) do not properly limit the allocation of system resources. An authenticated user with internal knowledge of the environment could exploit this weakness to cause a denial of service.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability (CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data versions 7.6 (on CP4D 4.8), 7.7 (on CP4D 5.0), and 7.8 (on CP4D 5.1) do not properly limit the allocation of system resources. An authenticated user with internal knowledge of the environment could exploit this weakness to cause a denial of service.