What is CVE-2024-8158?

CVE-2024-8158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 9front, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-8158?

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

Auth bypass in 9front

CVE-2024-8158

A bug in the 9p authentication implementation within lib9p allows an attacker with an existing valid user within the configured auth server to impersonate any other valid filesystem user. This is due to lib9p not properly verifying that t…

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

9front — versions 0
9front Lib9p

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

1d66c9f9-fff2-411a-aa19-ca6312fa25e9 (Patch, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8158?: CVE-2024-8158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 9front, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-8158?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.