# CVE-2024-20924: Privilege escalation in Audit Vault and Database Firewall

> High-privileged attackers can compromise Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall, leading to full system takeover.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wfhg-xhpc-qjm8

## What is CVE-2024-20924?

CVE-2024-20924 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Audit Vault and Database Firewall, published on 16 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Vulnerability in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (component: Firewall).  Supported versions that are affected are 20.1-20.9. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.  Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20924?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-20924?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20924 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-20924 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20924 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Audit Vault and Database Firewall

- [CVE-2024-20909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20909/): Missing authorization in Audit Vault and Database Firewall (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-20910](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20910/): Information disclosure in Audit Vault and Database Firewall (low 3.0)
- [CVE-2024-20912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20912/): Missing authorization in Audit Vault and Database Firewall (low 2.7)
- [CVE-2024-20911](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20911/): Information disclosure in Audit Vault and Database Firewall (low 2.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20924 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-20924 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Audit Vault and Database Firewall, published on 16 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20924 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Audit Vault and Database Firewall. 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-2024-20924/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20924/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20924
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20924
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20924

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20924/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.