# CVE-2024-34596: Auth bypass in SmartThings

> Remote attackers can bypass member expiration dates in SmartThings, allowing unauthorized access to restricted features.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j47p-8pvg-jpph

## What is CVE-2024-34596?

CVE-2024-34596 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Samsung Mobile SmartThings, published on 2 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper authentication in SmartThings prior to version 1.8.17 allows remote attackers to bypass the expiration date for members set by the owner.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34596?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Smartthings.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-34596?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34596 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34596 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34596 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Mobile SmartThings

- [CVE-2025-2233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2233/): Samsung SmartThings Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-30746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30746/): Missing authorization in Smart Things (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-20852](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20852/): Missing authorization in SmartThings (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2022-30747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30747/): Missing authorization in Smart Things (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2021-25508](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25508/): Privilege escalation in SmartThings (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34596 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34596 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Samsung Mobile SmartThings, published on 2 Jul 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-2024-34596 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung Mobile SmartThings. 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-2024-34596/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34596/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34596
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34596
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34596

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34596/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.