# CVE-2024-6789: Path traversal in M-Files API

> An authenticated attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in the M-Files Server API to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/RE:M/U:Green`)
- **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:** 27 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 23 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-28pw-27gw-65v8

## What is CVE-2024-6789?

CVE-2024-6789 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in M-Files Server, published on 27 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal issue in API endpoint in M-Files Server before version 24.8.13981.0 and LTS 24.2.13421.15 SR2 and LTS 23.8.12892.0 SR6 allows authenticated user to read files

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6789?

It affects 1 product.


Products: M-Files M-Files Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6789?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6789 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6789 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in M-Files Server

- [CVE-2024-10127](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10127/): Support for authentication bypass condition in M-Files LDAP authentication (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2025-5964](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5964/): Path traversal in M-Files API (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-4056](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4056/): Denial of service condition in M-Files Server (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-6912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6912/): Brute force vulnerability in M-Files user authentication (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-3405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3405/): Denial of service condition in M-Files Server (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6789 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6789 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in M-Files Server, published on 27 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-2024-6789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: M-Files Server. 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-2024-6789/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6789/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6789
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6789
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6789

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6789/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.