What is CVE-2024-42165?

CVE-2024-42165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fiware Keyrock, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-42165?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fiware Keyrock

CVE-2024-42165

Insufficiently random values for generating activation token in FIWARE Keyrock <= 8.4 allow attackers to activate accounts of any user by predicting the token for the activation link.

Published 2024-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fiware Keyrock — versions 0
Fiware Keyrock

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values

References

www.ait.ac.at/themen/cyber-security/pentesting/security-advisories (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42165?: CVE-2024-42165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fiware Keyrock, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-42165?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.