# CVE-2024-39776: Avtec Outpost Storage of File with Sensitive Data Under Web Root

> Attackers can access sensitive data stored in web-accessible directories due to missing access controls in Avtec Outpost.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 22 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9347-hgff-8mjv

## What is CVE-2024-39776?

CVE-2024-39776 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avtec Outpost 0810, published on 22 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Avtec Outpost stores sensitive information in an insecure location without proper access controls in place.

Weakness: CWE-219 (Storage of File with Sensitive Data Under Web Root)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39776?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Avtecinc Outpost 0810 Firmware, Avtecinc Outpost Uploader Utility.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39776?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-39776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Avtec Outpost 0810

- [CVE-2024-42418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42418/): Avtec Outpost Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-39776 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39776 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avtec Outpost 0810, published on 22 Aug 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-2024-39776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Avtec Outpost 0810. 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-2024-39776/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39776/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39776
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39776
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39776

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39776/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.