# CVE-2024-6302: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges in Conduit

> A local user can redact any message from other users on the same server due to missing privilege checks in Conduit.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 25 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-66x4-8gf5-hmj9

## What is CVE-2024-6302?

CVE-2024-6302 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in The Conduit Contributors Conduit, published on 25 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Lack of privilege checking when processing a redaction in Conduit versions v0.6.0 and lower, allowing a local user to redact any message from users on the same server, given that they are able to send redaction events.

Weakness: CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6302?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Conduit Conduit.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6302?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6302 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6302 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6302 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-2024-6301](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)
- [CVE-2024-6300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6300/): Incomplete Cleanup in Conduit (low 3.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6302 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6302 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in The Conduit Contributors Conduit, published on 25 Jun 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-2024-6302 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-2024-6302/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6302/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6302
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6302
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6302

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6302/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.