CVE-2024-39924 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2024-39924?

CVE-2024-39924 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Vaultwarden (formerly Bitwarden_RS) 1.30.3. A vulnerability has been identified in the authentication and authorization process of the endpoint responsible for altering the metadata of an emergency access. It permits an attacker with granted emergency access to escalate their privileges by changing the access level and modifying the wait time. Consequently, the attacker can gain full control over the vault (when only intended to have read access) while bypassing the necessary wait period.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39924?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dani-Garcia Vaultwarden.

How do I fix CVE-2024-39924?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39924 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-39924 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39924 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-974p-hhmc-6h46.