# CVE-2024-52592: Missing validation allows spoofed poll updates in Misskey

> Attackers can spoof poll updates for remote users in Misskey due to missing validation, allowing unauthorized modification of poll results.

- **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:** 18 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5h8r-gq97-xv69

## What is CVE-2024-52592?

CVE-2024-52592 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in misskey-dev misskey, published on 18 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. In affected versions missing validation in `ApInboxService.update` allows an attacker to modify the result of polls belonging to another user. No authentication is required, except for a valid signature from any actor on any remote instance. Vulnerable Misskey instances will accept spoofed updates for remote polls. Local polls are unaffected. This issue has been addressed in version 2024.11.0-alpha.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52592?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Misskey Misskey.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52592?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52592 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-52592 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52592 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in misskey-dev misskey

- [CVE-2025-25306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25306/): Misskey's Incomplete Patch of CVE-2024-52591 Leads to Forgery of Federated Notes (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2023-49079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49079/): Misskey's missing signature validation allows arbitrary users to impersonate any remote user. (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-28431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28431/): Misskey lacks proper authorization checks and input validation (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2023-52139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52139/): Misskey vulnerable to improper authorization when accessing with third-party application (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-52590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52590/): Missing validation allows spoofed profiles in Misskey (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52592 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52592 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in misskey-dev misskey, published on 18 Dec 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-2024-52592 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: misskey-dev misskey. 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-2024-52592/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52592/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52592
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52592
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52592

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52592/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.