# CVE-2024-32470: Tolgee' API keys created by server admin users bypass the permission check

> API keys created by admin users bypass permission checks, allowing unauthorized access to protected resources in the Tolgee localization platform.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2024-32470?

CVE-2024-32470 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in tolgee-platform, published on 18 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Tolgee is an open-source localization platform. When API key created by admin user is used it bypasses the permission check at all. This error was introduced in v3.57.2 and immediately fixed in v3.57.4.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32470?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tolgee Tolgee.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-32470?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-32470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-32470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in tolgee-platform

- [CVE-2024-52297](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52297/): Tolgee's configuration all configuration properties leaked in public configuration DTO (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-32251](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-32251/): Tolgee has an XXE Injection in Translation Import (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2023-38510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38510/): Tolgee Lacks Permission Check for API Key for some endpoints (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-41316](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41316/): HTML Injection with email in Tolgee (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2024-32466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32466/): Tolgee's API key scopes not checked when querying translation data (low 2.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-32470 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-32470 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in tolgee-platform, published on 18 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: tolgee-platform. 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-2024-32470/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32470/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32470
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32470
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-32470

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32470/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.