# CVE-2024-42222: Apache CloudStack: Unauthorised Network List Access

> Unauthenticated or low-privilege users can access unauthorized network details due to a regression in the listing API, compromising tenant isolation.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2p5q-hvc3-c85p

## What is CVE-2024-42222?

CVE-2024-42222 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Cloudstack, published on 7 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Apache CloudStack 4.19.1.0, a regression in the network listing API allows unauthorised list access of network details for domain admin and normal user accounts. This vulnerability compromises tenant isolation, potentially leading to unauthorised access to network details, configurations and data.

Affected users are advised to upgrade to version 4.19.1.1 to address this issue. Users on older versions of CloudStack considering to upgrade, can skip 4.19.1.0 and upgrade directly to 4.19.1.1.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42222?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Cloudstack.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42222?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42222 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42222 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Cloudstack

- [CVE-2012-4501](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4501/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-38346](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38346/): Apache CloudStack: Unauthenticated cluster service port leads to remote execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-39864](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39864/): Apache CloudStack: Integration API service uses dynamic port when disabled (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-29006](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29006/): Apache CloudStack: x-forwarded-for HTTP header parsed by default (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-35741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35741/): Apache CloudStack SAML Single Sign-On XXE (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42222 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42222 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Cloudstack, published on 7 Aug 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-2024-42222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apache Cloudstack. 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-2024-42222/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42222/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42222
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42222
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42222

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42222/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.