# CVE-2024-12994: running-elephant Datart File Upload import extractModel deserialization

> Remote attackers can achieve code execution via unsafe deserialization in the file upload import function of Datart.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gp63-jrmx-x27m

## What is CVE-2024-12994?

CVE-2024-12994 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in running-elephant Datart, published on 28 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in running-elephant Datart 1.0.0-rc3. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function extractModel of the file /import of the component File Upload. The manipulation of the argument file leads to deserialization. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12994?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-12994?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12994 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12994 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12994 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12994 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in running-elephant Datart, published on 28 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: running-elephant Datart. 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-2024-12994/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12994/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12994
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12994
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12994

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12994/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.