# CVE-2024-7767: Improper Access Control in danswer-ai/danswer

> First user can view, modify, and delete admin chats, leading to unauthorized access and data integrity loss in Danswer AI.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jv2r-r6r9-hvhj

## What is CVE-2024-7767?

CVE-2024-7767 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An improper access control vulnerability exists in danswer-ai/danswer version v0.3.94. This vulnerability allows the first user created in the system to view, modify, and delete chats created by an Admin. This can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, loss of data integrity, and potential compliance violations.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7767?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Onyx Onyx.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7767?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7767 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7767 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7767 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in danswer-ai/danswer

- [CVE-2026-42277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42277/): Onyx: IDOR in /chat/file/{file_id} allows any authenticated user to download other users files (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-9612](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9612/): Unauthorized Access in danswer-ai/danswer (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-51479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-51479/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-7894](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7894/): Onyx Chat Interface a3_generate_simple_sql.py generate_simple_sql sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2026-42276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42276/): Onyx: IDOR in /chat/stop-chat-session allows any authenticated user to interrupt other users chat sessions (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7767 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7767 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7767 exists.

Affected product: danswer-ai/danswer. 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-2024-7767/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7767/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7767
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7767
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7767

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