CVE-2024-21852 Rapid SCADA Path Traversal

What is CVE-2024-21852?

CVE-2024-21852 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Rapid SCADA, published on 1 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Rapid Software LLC's Rapid SCADA versions prior to Version 5.8.4, an attacker can supply a malicious configuration file by utilizing a Zip Slip vulnerability in the unpacking routine to achieve remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21852?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rapidscada Rapid Scada.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21852?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21852 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-2024-21852 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21852 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Rapid SCADA

• CVE-2024-21764 Use of Hard-Coded Credentials in Rapid SCADA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-22016 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Rapid SCADA High 7.8
• CVE-2020-22722 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2018-5313 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2024-47221 Auth bypass in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9v8v-3rjq-7h4r.