# CVE-2024-6068: Input Validation Vulnerability exists in Arena® Input Analyzer

> A local attacker can execute arbitrary code and disclose information by tricking a user into opening a malicious DFT file in Arena Input Analyzer.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mc92-59cv-mjwh

## What is CVE-2024-6068?

CVE-2024-6068 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Arena Input Analyzer, published on 14 Nov 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

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the affected products when parsing DFT files.  Local threat actors can exploit this issue to disclose information and to execute arbitrary code. To exploit this vulnerability a legitimate user must open a malicious DFT file.

Weakness: CWE-1284 (Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6068?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-6068?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6068 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6068 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6068 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6068 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6068 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Arena Input Analyzer, published on 14 Nov 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-2024-6068 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation Arena Input Analyzer. 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-2024-6068/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6068/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6068
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6068
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6068

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6068/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.