# CVE-2024-47563: Path traversal in SINEC Security Monitor

> Unauthenticated attackers can create files in arbitrary writable directories via path traversal in the CSR creation endpoint, compromising file integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6j87-vf5h-vj72

## What is CVE-2024-47563?

CVE-2024-47563 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Siemens SINEC Security Monitor, published on 8 Oct 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 SINEC Security Monitor (All versions < V4.9.0). The affected application does not properly validate a file path that is supplied to an endpoint intended to create CSR files.
This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to create files in writable directories outside the intended location and thus compromise integrity of files in those writable directories.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47563?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siemens Sinec Security Monitor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47563?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47563 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-47563 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Siemens SINEC Security Monitor

- [CVE-2024-47553](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47553/): Command injection in SINEC Security Monitor (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2024-47562](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47562/): Command injection in SINEC Security Monitor (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-40830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40830/): Missing authorization in SINEC Security Monitor (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2025-40831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40831/): Denial of service in SINEC Security Monitor (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2026-27661](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27661/): Information disclosure in SINEC Security Monitor (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47563 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47563 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Siemens SINEC Security Monitor, published on 8 Oct 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-2024-47563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens SINEC Security Monitor. 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-2024-47563/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47563/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47563
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47563
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47563

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47563/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.