# CVE-2024-45032: Auth bypass in Industrial Edge Management Pro

> Unauthenticated attackers can impersonate onboarded devices due to improper token validation in Siemens Industrial Edge Management systems.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j3c4-46v5-v349

## What is CVE-2024-45032?

CVE-2024-45032 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Siemens Industrial Edge Management Pro, published on 10 Sep 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 Industrial Edge Management Pro (All versions < V1.9.5), Industrial Edge Management Virtual (All versions < V2.3.1-1). Affected components do not properly validate the device tokens. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to impersonate other devices onboarded to the system.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45032?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-45032?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45032 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45032 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45032 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45032 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Siemens Industrial Edge Management Pro, published on 10 Sep 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-2024-45032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens Industrial Edge Management Pro. 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-2024-45032/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45032/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45032
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45032
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45032

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45032/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.