# CVE-2024-8367: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Probate Back Office Markdown NotificationService.java injection

> An injection vulnerability in the Markdown handler allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, requiring a patch for HMCTS Probate Back Office.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA: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:** 1 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rm62-529p-rmm3

## What is CVE-2024-8367?

CVE-2024-8367 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in HM Courts & Tribunals Service Probate Back Office, published on 1 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in HM Courts & Tribunals Service Probate Back Office up to c1afe0cdb2b2766d9e24872c4e827f8b82a6cd31. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file src/main/java/uk/gov/hmcts/probate/service/NotificationService.java of the component Markdown Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The patch is identified as d90230d7cf575e5b0852d56660104c8bd2503c34. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8367?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-8367?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8367 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8367 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8367 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8367 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8367 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in HM Courts & Tribunals Service Probate Back Office, published on 1 Sep 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-2024-8367 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Probate Back Office. 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-2024-8367/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8367/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8367
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8367
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8367

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8367/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.