# CVE-2024-6300: Incomplete Cleanup in Conduit

> Incomplete cleanup in Conduit allows attackers to determine if specific strings existed in Protocol Data Units before redaction.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wf6c-43pg-h78x

## What is CVE-2024-6300?

CVE-2024-6300 is a low-severity vulnerability in The Conduit Contributors Conduit, published on 25 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incomplete cleanup when performing redactions in Conduit, allowing an attacker to check whether certain strings were present in the PDU before redaction

Weakness: CWE-459 (Incomplete Cleanup)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6300?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Conduit Conduit.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6300?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6300 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6300 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6300 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in The Conduit Contributors Conduit

- [CVE-2024-6303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6303/): Missing Authorization in Conduit (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-6302](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6302/): Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges in Conduit (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-6301](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6301/): Origin Validation Error in Conduit (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-6299](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6299/): Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date in Conduit (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6300 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6300 is a low-severity vulnerability in The Conduit Contributors Conduit, published on 25 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6300 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: The Conduit Contributors Conduit. 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-2024-6300/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6300/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6300
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6300
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6300

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6300/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.