# CVE-2024-6078: Rockwell Automation Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in DataMosaix™

> Attackers can bypass authentication to generate cookies for any user, enabling account takeover and unauthorized access to cloud data.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g73r-h5v6-mxx2

## What is CVE-2024-6078?

CVE-2024-6078 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Rockwell Automation DataMosaix™, published on 14 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CVE-2024-6078 IMPACT

An improper authentication vulnerability exists in the affected product, which could allow a malicious user to generate cookies for any user ID without the use of a username or password. If exploited, a malicious user could take over the account of a legitimate user. The malicious user would be able to view and modify data stored in the cloud.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6078?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-6078?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6078 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6078 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6078 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6078 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6078 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Rockwell Automation DataMosaix™, published on 14 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6078 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation DataMosaix™. 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-2024-6078/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6078/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6078
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6078
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6078

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6078/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.