What is CVE-2024-42056?

CVE-2024-42056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Retool, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-42056?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-42056 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Retool

CVE-2024-42056

Retool (self-hosted enterprise) through 3.40.0 inserts resource authentication credentials into sent data. Credentials for users with "Use" permissions can be discovered (by an authenticated attacker) via the /api/resources endpoint. The earliest affected version is 3.18.1.

Published 2024-08-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Retool

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

docs.retool.com/releases (Release Notes)
docs.retool.com/disclosures/cve-2024-42056 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42056?: CVE-2024-42056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Retool, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-42056?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42056 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.