# CVE-2024-6122: Incorrect Default Directory Permissions for NI SystemLink Redis Service

> Local attackers can read sensitive information due to incorrect default directory permissions in the NI SystemLink Redis service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c77h-m7f7-v4v8

## What is CVE-2024-6122?

CVE-2024-6122 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NI FlexLogger, published on 22 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An incorrect permission in the installation directory for the shared NI SystemLink Server KeyValueDatabase service may result in information disclosure via local access.  This affects NI SystemLink Server 2024 Q1 and prior versions.  It also affects NI FlexLogger 2023 Q2 and prior versions which installed this shared service.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6122?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ni Flexlogger, Ni Systemlink.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6122?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6122 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6122 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6122 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in NI FlexLogger

- [CVE-2025-2449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2449/): NI FlexLogger usiReg URI File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-6121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6121/): NI SystemLink Server Ships Out of Date Redis Version (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-27237](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27237/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6122 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6122 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NI FlexLogger, published on 22 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6122 exists.

Affected product: NI FlexLogger. 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-2024-6122/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6122/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6122
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6122
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6122

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6122/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.