# CVE-2024-24756: Crafatar path traversal vulnerability

> Attackers can read files outside the public directory in Crafatar instances, potentially exposing container contents, though cloud-hosted instances are unaffected.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 15 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5cxq-25mp-q5f2

## What is CVE-2024-24756?

CVE-2024-24756 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in crafatar, published on 1 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Crafatar serves Minecraft avatars based on the skin for use in external applications. Files outside of the `lib/public/` directory can be requested from the server. Instances running behind Cloudflare (including crafatar.com) are not affected. Instances using the Docker container as shown in the README are affected, but only files within the container can be read. By default, all of the files within the container can also be found in this repository and are not confidential. This vulnerability is patched in 2.1.5.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24756?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Crafatar Crafatar.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-24756?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-24756 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-24756 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-24756 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-24756 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-24756 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in crafatar, published on 1 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-24756 exists.

Affected product: crafatar. 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-2024-24756/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24756/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24756
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24756
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-24756

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24756/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.