CVE-2024-13524 obsproject OBS Studio untrusted search path
Local attackers can exploit an untrusted search path in OBS Studio to potentially execute arbitrary code, requiring high complexity and privileged access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13524?
CVE-2024-13524 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in obsproject OBS Studio, published on 20 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been found in obsproject OBS Studio up to 30.0.2 on Windows and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The vendor disagrees that this issue is "something worth reporting, as every attack surface requires privileged access/user compromise".
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13524?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13524?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13524 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-13524 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13524 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6396-m98j-2qhj.