# CVE-2024-9191: Information disclosure in Okta Verify for Windows

> Attackers on compromised Windows devices can retrieve passwords for Okta Device Access passwordless logins if that specific feature is enabled.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A: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 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vfhr-8j89-9v9w

## What is CVE-2024-9191?

CVE-2024-9191 is a high-severity vulnerability in Okta Verify for Windows, published on 1 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Okta Device Access features, provided by the Okta Verify agent for Windows, provides access to the OktaDeviceAccessPipe, which enables attackers in a compromised device to retrieve passwords associated with Desktop MFA passwordless logins. The vulnerability was discovered via routine penetration testing.

Note: A precondition of this vulnerability is that the user must be using the Okta Device Access passwordless feature. Okta Device Access users not using passwordless are not affected, and customers only using Okta Verify on platforms other than Windows, or only using FastPass are not affected.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9191?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Okta Verify.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9191?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9191 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Okta Verify for Windows

- [CVE-2024-7061](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7061/): Privilege escalation in Okta Verify for Windows (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9191 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9191 is a high-severity vulnerability in Okta Verify for Windows, published on 1 Nov 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-2024-9191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Okta Verify for Windows. 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-2024-9191/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9191/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9191
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9191
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9191

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9191/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.