CVE-2024-26139 OpenCTI Authenticated Privilege Escalation
An authenticated low-privilege user can escalate to administrative privileges in OpenCTI due to missing security controls in profile editing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-26139?
CVE-2024-26139 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenCTI-Platform opencti, published on 23 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenCTI is an open source platform allowing organizations to manage their cyber threat intelligence knowledge and observables. Due to lack of certain security controls on the profile edit functionality, an authenticated attacker with low privileges can gain administrative privileges on the web application.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26139?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including pycti. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
pycti PyPI | All versions | 5.12.32 |
Products include Citeum Opencti.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26139?
Upgrade pycti to 5.12.32 or later.
Is CVE-2024-26139 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26139 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenCTI-Platform opencti
- CVE-2026-27960 OpenCTI privilege escalation and unauthenticated access via default admin account
- CVE-2026-39980 OpenCTI affected by RCE via notifier template
- CVE-2025-24977 OpenCTI has remote code execution and sensitive secrets exposed through web hook
- CVE-2024-45404 OpenCTI's lack of Rate Limit lead to OTP brute forcing
- CVE-2026-21887 OpenCTI has a Semi-Blind SSRF via Unvalidated External URL in Data Ingestion Feature
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qx4j-f4f2-vjw9, PYSEC-2024-296.