# CVE-2024-21852: Rapid SCADA Path Traversal

> An attacker can achieve remote code execution in Rapid SCADA by uploading a malicious configuration file via a Zip Slip vulnerability.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9v8v-3rjq-7h4r

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21852?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21764/): Use of Hard-Coded Credentials in Rapid SCADA (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-22016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22016/): Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Rapid SCADA (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-22722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22722/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-5313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5313/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-47221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47221/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-21852 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Rapid SCADA. 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-2024-21852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21852/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21852
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21852
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21852

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21852/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.