CVE-2024-45440 Drupal Full Path Disclosure

What is CVE-2024-45440?

CVE-2024-45440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 29 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

core/authorize.php in Drupal 11.x-dev allows Full Path Disclosure (even when error logging is None) if the value of hash_salt is file_get_contents of a file that does not exist.

Weakness: CWE-209

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45440?

18 open source packages ship an affected version, including drupal/core, drupal/core-recommended and drupal/drupal. It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2024-45440?

Upgrade drupal/core to a fixed version for your release line: 10.3.6, 11.0.5 or 10.2.9.

Is CVE-2024-45440 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-45440 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry, 1 Nuclei template and 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CLSA-2026-1793202127, GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45440.