# CVE-2024-22439: Certain HPE FlexNetwork and FlexFabric Switches, Remote Authentication Bypass

> Attackers can bypass authentication to gain privileged access to HPE FlexNetwork and FlexFabric switches, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f6x8-hghg-9rxj

## What is CVE-2024-22439?

CVE-2024-22439 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE FlexNetwork and FlexFabric products, published on 15 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HPE FlexFabric and FlexNetwork series products. This vulnerability could be exploited to gain privileged access to switches resulting in information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22439?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-22439?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22439 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-22439 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22439 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22439 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22439 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE FlexNetwork and FlexFabric products, published on 15 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22439 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE FlexNetwork and FlexFabric products. 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-2024-22439/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22439/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22439
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22439
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22439

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