# CVE-2024-54014: Missing authorization in 'Skylark' App for Android

> An attacker can force the Skylark mobile app to access arbitrary websites via a custom URL scheme due to improper authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Low 3.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mqq8-fjx9-9qg8

## What is CVE-2024-54014?

CVE-2024-54014 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in 'Skylark' App for Android, published on 5 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper authorization in handler for custom URL scheme issue in 'Skylark' App for Android 6.2.13 and earlier and 'Skylark' App for iOS 6.2.13 and earlier allows an attacker to lead the application to access an arbitrary web site via another application installed on the user's device.

Weakness: CWE-939 (Improper Authorization in Handler for Custom URL Scheme)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54014?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-54014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-54014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-54014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-54014 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-54014 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in 'Skylark' App for Android, published on 5 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: 'Skylark' App for Android. 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-2024-54014/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54014/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-54014
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54014
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-54014

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54014/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.