CVE-2024-23637 OctoPrint Unverified Password Change via Access Control Settings
Malicious admins can change other admin passwords without re-authentication, potentially locking out legitimate administrators from the OctoPrint instance.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-23637?
CVE-2024-23637 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OctoPrint, published on 31 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OctoPrint is a web interface for 3D printer.s OctoPrint versions up until and including 1.9.3 contain a vulnerability that allows malicious admins to change the password of other admin accounts, including their own, without having to repeat their password. An attacker who managed to hijack an admin account might use this to lock out actual admins from their OctoPrint instance. The vulnerability will be patched in version 1.10.0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23637?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including octoprint and OctoPrint. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
octoprint PyPI | All versions | 1.10.0rc1 |
octoprint PyPI | All versions | 1.10.0rc1 |
OctoPrint PyPI | All versions | 1.10.0rc1 |
Products include Octoprint Octoprint.
How do I fix CVE-2024-23637?
Upgrade octoprint to 1.10.0rc1 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-23637 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23637 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OctoPrint
- CVE-2018-16710 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2025-58180 OctoPrint is Vulnerable to RCE Attacks via Unsanitized Filename in File Upload
- CVE-2022-1430 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in octoprint/octoprint
- CVE-2022-1432 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in octoprint/octoprint
- CVE-2024-32977 OctoPrint Authentication Bypass via X-Forwarded-For Header when autologinLocal is enabled
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5626-pw9c-hmjr, PYSEC-2024-29.