# CVE-2024-41904: Auth bypass in SINEC Traffic Analyzer

> An unauthenticated attacker can brute force user credentials due to missing rate limiting, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **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:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7cq6-gv65-j962

## What is CVE-2024-41904?

CVE-2024-41904 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer, 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 SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0) (All versions < V2.0). The affected application do not properly enforce restriction of  excessive authentication attempts. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to conduct brute force attacks against legitimate user credentials or keys.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41904?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siemens Sinec Traffic Analyzer.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41904?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41904 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41904 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41904 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer

- [CVE-2025-40767](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40767/): Privilege escalation in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-35206](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35206/): Auth bypass in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-35207](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35207/): Cross-site request forgery in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-41905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41905/): Missing authorization in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2025-40770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40770/): Other in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41904 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41904 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer, 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-2024-41904 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer. 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-2024-41904/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41904/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41904
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41904
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41904

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41904/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.