# CVE-2024-6796: Vulnerability in Baxter Connex Health Portal

> Unauthenticated attackers can access and modify the Connex Health Portal database due to improper access control.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/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:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q77r-qvf6-47wr

## What is CVE-2024-6796?

CVE-2024-6796 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Baxter Connex Health Portal, published on 9 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Baxter Connex health portal released before 8/30/2024, an improper access control vulnerability has been found that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to Connex portal's database and/or modify content.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6796?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Baxter Connex Health Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Baxter Connex Health Portal

- [CVE-2024-6795](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6795/): Vulnerability in Baxter Connex Health Portal (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6796 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6796 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Baxter Connex Health Portal, published on 9 Sep 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-2024-6796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Baxter Connex Health Portal. 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-2024-6796/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6796/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6796
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6796
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6796

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6796/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.