# CVE-2024-49581: Access control issue impacting RV backed objects

> Authenticated users could bypass Restricted Views to view unauthorized objects via Object Explorer in Palantir Foundry.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6279-832j-jhpg

## What is CVE-2024-49581?

CVE-2024-49581 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in com.palantir.gotham:external-artifacts, published on 2 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Restricted Views backed objects (OSV1) could be bypassed under specific circumstances due to a software bug, this could have allowed users that didn't have permission to see such objects to view them via Object Explorer directly. This software bug did not impact or otherwise make data available across organizational boundaries nor did it allow for data to be viewed or accessed by unauthenticated users.  
The affected service have been patched and automatically deployed to all Apollo-managed Foundry instances.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49581?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-49581?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49581 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49581 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49581 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in com.palantir.gotham:external-artifacts, published on 2 Dec 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-2024-49581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: com.palantir.gotham:external-artifacts. 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-2024-49581/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49581/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49581
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49581
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49581

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49581/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.