# CVE-2024-9612: Unauthorized Access in danswer-ai/danswer

> Attackers can bypass admin-set visibility restrictions on the search page by directly calling backend APIs, accessing hidden functionalities.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jjhp-4v9p-5fv8

## What is CVE-2024-9612?

CVE-2024-9612 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In danswer-ai/danswer v0.3.94, administrators can set the visibility of pages within a workspace, including the search page. When the search page is set to be invisible, regular users cannot view the search page or access its functionalities from the front-end interface. However, the back-end does not verify the visibility status of the search page. Consequently, attackers can directly call the API to access the functionalities provided by the search page, bypassing the visibility restriction set by the administrator.

Weakness: CWE-1100 (Insufficient Isolation of System-Dependent Functions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9612?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Onyx Onyx.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9612?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9612 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9612 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in danswer-ai/danswer

- [CVE-2026-42277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42277/): Onyx: IDOR in /chat/file/{file_id} allows any authenticated user to download other users files (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-7767](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7767/): Improper Access Control in danswer-ai/danswer (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-51479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-51479/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-7894](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7894/): Onyx Chat Interface a3_generate_simple_sql.py generate_simple_sql sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2026-42276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42276/): Onyx: IDOR in /chat/stop-chat-session allows any authenticated user to interrupt other users chat sessions (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9612 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9612 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9612 exists.

Affected product: danswer-ai/danswer. 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-2024-9612/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9612/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9612
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9612
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9612

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.