# CVE-2024-53450: Missing authorization in n/a

> Attackers can access user documents without authorization due to improper access control in RAGFlow.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c8qh-4m7p-p922

## What is CVE-2024-53450?

CVE-2024-53450 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

RAGFlow 0.13.0 suffers from improper access control in document-hooks.ts, allowing unauthorized access to user documents.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53450?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Infiniflow Ragflow.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53450?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53450 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-53450 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-53450 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2026-24770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24770/): RAGFlow Affected by Zip Slip Remote Code Execution (RCE) in MinerUParser (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-12433](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12433/): Remote Code Execution in infiniflow/ragflow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-48187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48187/): Auth bypass in RAGFlow (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-69286](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69286/): RAGFlow has Predictable Token Generation Leading to Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (high 8.9)
- [CVE-2025-27135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27135/): RAGFlow SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53450 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53450 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-53450 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-53450/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53450/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53450
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53450
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53450

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53450/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.