# CVE-2024-29848: File upload in Avalanche

> An authenticated privileged user can upload malicious files to execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM on Ivanti Avalanche.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 May 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5h39-x96v-hf62

## What is CVE-2024-29848?

CVE-2024-29848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Avalanche, published on 31 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in web component of Ivanti Avalanche before 6.4.x allows an authenticated, privileged user to execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29848?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanti Avalanche.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-29848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-29848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Avalanche

- [CVE-2023-38036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38036/): Memory corruption in Avalanche (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-24996](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24996/): Memory corruption in Avalanche (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-29204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29204/): Memory corruption in Avalanche (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-41727](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41727/): Memory corruption in Wavelink (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-46216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46216/): Memory corruption in Wavelink (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Avalanche, published on 31 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ivanti Avalanche. 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-2024-29848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29848/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.