# CVE-2024-25699: Portal for ArcGIS has an invalid authentication vulnerability

> Authenticated attackers can bypass authentication boundaries to escalate privileges and compromise data integrity and availability in Portal for ArcGIS.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:** 4 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7hfh-vfcv-wfqp

## What is CVE-2024-25699?

CVE-2024-25699 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Esri Portal for Arcgis, published on 4 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

There is a difficult‑to‑exploit improper authentication issue in the Home application for Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 11.2 and below on Windows and Linux, and ArcGIS Enterprise versions 11.1 and below on Kubernetes, which under unique circumstances could allow a remote, authenticated attacker with low‑privileged access to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the software. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to cross an authentication and authorization boundary beyond their originally assigned access, resulting in a scope change.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25699?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Esri Arcgis Enterprise, Esri Portal for Arcgis.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25699?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25699 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-25699 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25699 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Esri Portal for Arcgis

- [CVE-2021-3012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3012/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2019-16193](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16193/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-29115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29115/): An information disclosure vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-25708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25708/): Persistent XSS when creating new application using Web App Builder (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25699 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25699 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Esri Portal for Arcgis, published on 4 Apr 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-2024-25699 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Esri Portal for Arcgis. 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-2024-25699/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25699/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25699
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25699
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25699

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25699/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.