What is CVE-2024-23944?

CVE-2024-23944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Zookeeper, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-23944?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-23944 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Apache Zookeeper

CVE-2024-23944

Information disclosure in persistent watchers handling in Apache ZooKeeper due to missing ACL check. It allows an attacker to monitor child znodes by attaching a persistent watcher (addWatch command) to a parent which the attacker has alre…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (15.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Apache Zookeeper
Apache Software Foundation Zookeeper — versions 3.9.0, 3.8.0, 3.6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

DawnT0wn/Learning-History

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23944?: CVE-2024-23944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Zookeeper, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-23944?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-23944 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.