# CVE-2024-55885: Beego Vulnerable to Collision Hazards of MD5 in Cache Key Filenames


- **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
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** CLEANSTART-2025-BE90013, CLEANSTART-2025-DR78602, GHSA-9j3m-fr7q-jxfw, GO-2024-3331, MINI-4xv8-x363-m5p7

## What is CVE-2024-55885?

CVE-2024-55885 is a medium-severity vulnerability in beego, published on 12 Dec 2024. 

### Official description

beego is an open-source web framework for the Go programming language. Versions of beego prior to 2.3.4 use MD5 as a hashing algorithm. MD5 is no longer considered secure against well-funded opponents due to its vulnerability to collision attacks. Version 2.3.4 replaces MD5 with SHA256.

Weakness: CWE-328 (Use of Weak Hash), CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-55885?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/beego/beego and github.com/beego/beego/v2. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `github.com/beego/beego` | Go | All versions | None |
| `github.com/beego/beego` | Go | All versions to 1.12.14 | None |
| `github.com/beego/beego` | Go | All versions to 1.12.14 | None |
| `github.com/beego/beego/v2` | Go | All versions | 2.3.4 |
| `github.com/beego/beego/v2` | Go | All versions | 2.3.4 |
| `github.com/beego/beego/v2` | Go | All versions | 2.3.4 |

Products: Beego Beego.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-55885?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-55885 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in beego

- [CVE-2022-31836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31836/): Path Traversal in Beego (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-31259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31259/): Access control bypass in beego (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-30080](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30080/): Access control bypass in Beego (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-30223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30223/): Beego allows Reflected/Stored XSS in Beego's RenderForm() Function Due to Unescaped User Input (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-40464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40464/): Beego privilege escalation vulnerability (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-55885 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-55885 is a medium-severity vulnerability in beego, published on 12 Dec 2024. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- github.com/beego/beego (Go): affected all versions; no fix listed
- github.com/beego/beego (Go): affected all versions up to 1.12.14; no fix listed
- github.com/beego/beego (Go): affected all versions up to 1.12.14; no fix listed
- github.com/beego/beego/v2 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 2.3.4
- github.com/beego/beego/v2 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 2.3.4
- github.com/beego/beego/v2 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 2.3.4

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-2024-55885/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55885/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55885
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55885
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-55885

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55885/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.