# CVE-2024-39924: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Attackers with emergency access can escalate privileges to gain full vault control and bypass wait periods by modifying access metadata.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-974p-hhmc-6h46

## 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 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39924?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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:

- PoC for CVE-2024-39924 (github_poc): https://github.com/l4rm4nd/PoC-CVE-2024-39924

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-55225](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55225/): Vaultwarden vulnerable to user impersonation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-55224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55224/): Vaultwarden HTML injection vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2026-43912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43912/): Vaultwarden: Cross-Org Group Binding Enables Unauthorized Read And Write Access Into Another Organization (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-27802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27802/): Vaultwarden: Privilege Escalation via Bulk Permission Update to Unauthorized Collections by Manager (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2026-27803](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27803/): Vaultwarden: Collection Management Operations Allowed Without `manage` Verification for Manager Role (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-39924 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-39924/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39924/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39924
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39924
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39924

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39924/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.