# CVE-2024-45461: Apache CloudStack Quota plugin: Access checks not enforced in Quota

> Non-admin users can access and modify quota configurations in Apache CloudStack when the Quota feature is enabled, requiring an upgrade or disabling the plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-65m9-gc53-3g6g

## What is CVE-2024-45461?

CVE-2024-45461 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Cloudstack, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The CloudStack Quota feature allows cloud administrators to implement a quota or usage limit system for cloud resources, and is disabled by default. In environments where the feature is enabled, due to missing access check enforcements, non-administrative CloudStack user accounts are able to access and modify quota-related configurations and data. This issue affects Apache CloudStack from 4.7.0 through 4.18.2.3; and from 4.19.0.0 through 4.19.1.1, where the Quota feature is enabled.

Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache CloudStack 4.18.2.4 or 4.19.1.2, or later, which addresses this issue. Alternatively, users that do not use the Quota feature are advised to disabled the plugin by setting the global setting "quota.enable.service" to "false".

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45461?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Cloudstack.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45461?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45461 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45461 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45461 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-2024-45461 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45461 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Cloudstack, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45461 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-2024-45461/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45461/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45461
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45461
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45461

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45461/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.