What is CVE-2024-49376?

CVE-2024-49376 is a high-severity vulnerability in Autolab, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-49376?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Autolab

CVE-2024-49376

Autolab, a course management service that enables auto-graded programming assignments, has misconfigured reset password permissions in version 3.0.0. For email-based accounts, users with insufficient privileges could reset and theoretically access privileged users' accounts by resetting their passwords. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.1. No known workarounds exist.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2024-10-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Autolab — versions = 3.0.0
Autolabproject Autolab — versions 3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-v46j-h43h-rwrm (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/autolab/Autolab/commit/301689ab5c5e39d13bab47b71eaf8998d04bcc9b (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49376?: CVE-2024-49376 is a high-severity vulnerability in Autolab, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-49376?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.