CVE-2024-8509 Migration toolkit for virtualization: forklift-controller: empty bearer token may perform authentication
Attackers can bypass authentication in Forklift Controller by providing an empty bearer token, gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8509?
CVE-2024-8509 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.6, published on 6 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Forklift Controller. There is no verification against the authorization header except to ensure it uses bearer authentication. Without an Authorization header and some form of a Bearer token, a 401 error occurs. The presence of a token value provides a 200 response with the requested information.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8509?
How do I fix CVE-2024-8509?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8509 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-2024-8509 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5xmf-5w3g-qm87.