CVE-2024-35184 paperless-ngx's remote user auth via header works even when disabling it for API
Attackers can bypass API access restrictions in paperless-ngx by exploiting remote user authentication via headers, gaining unauthorized access to data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-35184?
CVE-2024-35184 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in paperless-ngx, published on 15 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms physical documents into a searchable online archive. Starting in version 2.5.0 and prior to version 2.8.6, remote user authentication allows API access even if API access is explicitly disabled. Version 2.8.6 contains a patchc for the issue.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35184?
How do I fix CVE-2024-35184?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-35184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-35184 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35184 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-72w4-hxqq-c256.