# CVE-2024-0674: Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines

> Local attackers can gain root privileges by modifying update scripts, allowing arbitrary code execution on Lamassu Bitcoin ATM machines.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 29 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-54p6-86fq-2pg8

## What is CVE-2024-0674?

CVE-2024-0674 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines, published on 30 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines, in its 7.1 version, which could allow a local user to acquire root permissions by modifying the updatescript.js, inserting special code inside the script and creating the done.txt file. This would cause the watchdog process to run as root and execute the payload stored in the updatescript.js.

Weakness: CWE-281 (Improper Preservation of Permissions), CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0674?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Lamassu Douro Firmware, Lamassu Douro Ii Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0674?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0674 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0674 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0674 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines

- [CVE-2024-0675](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0675/): Improper checking for unusual or exceptional conditions vulnerability in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-0676](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0676/): Weak password requirement vulnerability in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines (medium 5.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0674 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0674 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines, published on 30 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0674 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0674/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0674/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0674
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0674
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0674

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0674/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.