# CVE-2024-7061: Privilege escalation in Okta Verify for Windows

> Attackers can escalate privileges via DLL hijacking in Okta Verify for Windows, requiring an upgrade to the latest version.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jh6g-rh4q-hcw2

## What is CVE-2024-7061?

CVE-2024-7061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Okta Verify for Windows, published on 7 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Okta Verify for Windows is vulnerable to privilege escalation through DLL hijacking. The vulnerability is fixed in Okta Verify for Windows version 5.0.2. To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade to 5.0.2 or greater.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element), CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7061?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Okta Verify.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Okta Verify for Windows

- [CVE-2024-9191](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9191/): Information disclosure in Okta Verify for Windows (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7061 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Okta Verify for Windows, published on 7 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Okta Verify for Windows. 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-2024-7061/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7061/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7061
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7061
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7061

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7061/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.