# CVE-2024-6834: Imperative Local Command Injection allows Activity Masking

> Attackers can bypass authentication to access internal endpoints and manage components by exploiting improper certificate signing in the API Gateway.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:T/RC:C/CR:H/IR:H/AR:M/MAV:N/MAC:L/MPR:N/MUI:N/MS:C/MC:H/MI:H/MA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x95j-7ppj-485m

## What is CVE-2024-6834?

CVE-2024-6834 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Open Mainframe Project Zowe, published on 17 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in APIML Spring Cloud Gateway which leverages user privileges by unexpected signing proxied request by Zowe's client certificate. This allows access to a user to the endpoints requiring an internal client certificate without any credentials. It could lead to managing components in there and allow an attacker to handle the whole communication including user credentials.

Weakness: CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6834?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-6834?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6834 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6834 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6834 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Open Mainframe Project Zowe, published on 17 Jul 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-2024-6834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Open Mainframe Project Zowe. 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-2024-6834/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6834/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6834
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6834
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6834

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6834/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.