# CVE-2024-8888: Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability on CIRCUTOR Q-SMT

> Attackers can steal non-expiring web tokens to bypass authentication and access the CIRCUTOR Q-SMT web application without restrictions.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9p5p-94m7-4mp9

## What is CVE-2024-8888?

CVE-2024-8888 is a critical vulnerability in CIRCUTOR Q-SMT, published on 18 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An attacker with access to the network where CIRCUTOR Q-SMT is located in its firmware version 1.0.4, could steal the tokens used on the web, since these have no expiration date to access the web application without restrictions. Token theft can originate from different methods such as network captures, locally stored web information, etc.

Weakness: CWE-613 (DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8888?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Circutor Q-Smt Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8888 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CIRCUTOR Q-SMT

- [CVE-2024-8887](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8887/): Authentication bypass vulnerability on CIRCUTOR Q-SMT (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-8890](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8890/): Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability on CIRCUTOR Q-SMT (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2024-8891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8891/): Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability on CIRCUTOR Q-SMT (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8888 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8888 is a critical vulnerability in CIRCUTOR Q-SMT, published on 18 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CIRCUTOR Q-SMT. 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-2024-8888/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8888/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8888
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8888
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8888

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8888/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.