# CVE-2024-41682: Security feature bypass in Location Intelligence family

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass authentication attempt limits to conduct brute force attacks against user passwords in Siemens Location Intelligence.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/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:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-679x-9c34-9qg2

## What is CVE-2024-41682?

CVE-2024-41682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Location Intelligence family, published on 13 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in Location Intelligence family (All versions < V4.4). Affected products do not properly enforce restriction of  excessive authentication attempts. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct brute force attacks against legitimate user passwords.

Weakness: CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41682?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siemens Location Intelligence.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41682?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41682 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41682 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41682 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Siemens Location Intelligence family

- [CVE-2024-23816](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23816/): Hardcoded credentials in Location Intelligence Perpetual Large (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-41683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41683/): Weak cryptography in Location Intelligence family (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-41681](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41681/): Weak cryptography in Location Intelligence family (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41682 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Location Intelligence family, published on 13 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-2024-41682 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens Location Intelligence family. 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-2024-41682/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41682/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41682
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41682
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41682

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41682/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.