# CVE-2024-29026: Owncast cross origin request

> A lenient CORS policy allows attackers to leak the admin password via cross-origin requests, compromising the Owncast streaming server.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/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:** 20 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v99w-r56h-g23v, GO-2024-3054

## What is CVE-2024-29026?

CVE-2024-29026 is a high-severity vulnerability in owncast, published on 20 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Owncast is an open source, self-hosted, decentralized, single user live video streaming and chat server. In versions 0.1.2 and prior, a lenient CORS policy allows attackers to make a cross origin request, reading privileged information. This can be used to leak the admin password. Commit 9215d9ba0f29d62201d3feea9e77dcd274581624 fixes this issue.

Weakness: CWE-697 (Incorrect Comparison), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29026?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/owncast/owncast. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `github.com/owncast/owncast` | Go | All versions | 0.1.3 |
| `github.com/owncast/owncast` | Go | All versions | 0.1.3 |
| `github.com/owncast/owncast` | Go | All versions | 0.1.3 |

Products: Owncast Project Owncast.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-29026?

Upgrade github.com/owncast/owncast to 0.1.3 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-29026 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in owncast

- [CVE-2023-46480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46480/): OwnCast remote code execution vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-3751](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3751/): SQL Injection in owncast/owncast (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-3188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3188/): Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in owncast/owncast (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2021-39183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39183/): Unsafe inline XSS Owncast (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-31450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31450/): Owncast vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion in emoji.go (GHSL-2023-277) (low 2.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29026 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29026 is a high-severity vulnerability in owncast, published on 20 Mar 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-2024-29026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- github.com/owncast/owncast (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.1.3
- github.com/owncast/owncast (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.1.3
- github.com/owncast/owncast (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.1.3

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-2024-29026/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29026/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29026
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29026
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29026

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29026/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.