# CVE-2024-47172: Computer Vision Annotation Tool (CVAT) access control is broken in several PATCH endpoints

> Authenticated attackers can access and modify project, task, and job details via PATCH endpoints due to broken access control.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 30 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gxhm-hg65-5gh2

## What is CVE-2024-47172?

CVE-2024-47172 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in cvat-ai cvat, published on 30 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Computer Vision Annotation Tool (CVAT) is an interactive video and image annotation tool for computer vision. An attacker with a CVAT account may retrieve certain information about any project, task, job or membership resource on the CVAT instance. The information exposed in this way is the same as the information returned on a GET request to the resource. In addition, the attacker can also alter the default source and target storage associated with any project or task. Upgrade to CVAT 2.19.1 or any later version to fix the issue.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47172?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cvat Computer Vision Annotation Tool.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-47172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in cvat-ai cvat

- [CVE-2025-23045](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23045/): CVAT allows remote code execution via tracker Nuclio functions (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-23516](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23516/): CVAT vulnerable to XSS via skeleton SVG images (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-31188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31188/): Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability in Computer Vision Annotation Tool (CVAT) (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2026-23526](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23526/): CVAT vulnerable to privilege escalation of users with staff status (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-37164](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37164/): CVAT SSRF via custom cloud storage endpoints (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47172 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in cvat-ai cvat, published on 30 Sep 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-2024-47172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: cvat-ai cvat. 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-2024-47172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47172

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47172/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.