CVE-2024-6895 Insecure Account Profile Management
Attackers with a compromised session can modify account credentials without re-authentication, leading to account takeover in YugabyteDB Anywhere.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6895?
CVE-2024-6895 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in YugabyteDB Anywhere, published on 19 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Insufficient authentication in user account management in Yugabyte Platform allows local network attackers with a compromised user session to change critical security information without re-authentication. An attacker with user session and access to application can modify settings such as password and email without being prompted for the current password, enabling account takeover.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6895?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6895?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6895 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-6895 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6895 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h9cv-6mcv-ffr4.