CVE-2024-8314 Improper session handling in B&R APROL
An authenticated network attacker can hijack active user sessions in B&R APROL without credentials due to improper session handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8314?
CVE-2024-8314 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in B&R Industrial Automation GmbH APROL, published on 25 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm and Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Ses-sion vulnerability in the session handling used in B&R APROL <4.4-00P5 may allow an authenticated network attacker to take over a currently active user session without login credentials.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8314?
How do I fix CVE-2024-8314?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8314 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-8314 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8314 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jh98-qr76-24j7.