# CVE-2024-23685: FOLIO mod-remote-storage Hard Coded Credentials

> Hard-coded credentials in FOLIO mod-remote-storage allow unauthorized users to read inventory records, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m8v7-469p-5x89

## What is CVE-2024-23685?

CVE-2024-23685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openlibraryfoundation:mod-remote-storage, published on 19 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Hard-coded credentials in mod-remote-storage versions under 1.7.2 and from 2.0.0 to 2.0.3 allows unauthorized users to gain read access to mod-inventory-storage records including instances, holdings, items, contributor-types, and identifier-types.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23685?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.folio:mod-remote-storage. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.folio:mod-remote-storage` | Maven | All versions | 1.7.2 |
| `org.folio:mod-remote-storage` | Maven | All versions | 1.7.2 |
| `org.folio:mod-remote-storage` | Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.0.3 |
| `org.folio:mod-remote-storage` | Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.0.3 |

Products: Openlibraryfoundation Mod-Remote-Storage.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23685?

Upgrade org.folio:mod-remote-storage to a fixed version for your release line: 1.7.2 or 2.0.3.

## Is CVE-2024-23685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23685 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openlibraryfoundation:mod-remote-storage, published on 19 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.folio:mod-remote-storage (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.7.2
- org.folio:mod-remote-storage (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.7.2
- org.folio:mod-remote-storage (Maven): affected from 2.0.0; fixed in 2.0.3
- org.folio:mod-remote-storage (Maven): affected from 2.0.0; fixed in 2.0.3

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-2024-23685/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23685/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23685
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23685
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23685

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23685/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.