What is CVE-2024-9617?

CVE-2024-9617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Danswer-Ai Danswer-Ai/danswer, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-9617?

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

Is CVE-2024-9617 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Danswer-Ai Danswer-Ai/danswer

CVE-2024-9617

An IDOR vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer v0.3.94 allows an attacker to view any files. The application does not verify whether the attacker is the creator of the file, allowing the attacker to directly call the GET /api/chat/file/{file_id} interface to view any user's file.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Danswer-ai Danswer-ai/danswer — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@huntr.dev

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9617?: CVE-2024-9617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Danswer-Ai Danswer-Ai/danswer, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-9617?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9617 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.