CVE-2024-9679 Hardcoded credentials in DLP Extension
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9679 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-9679 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trellix DLP Extension, published on 16 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9679 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Trellix DLP Extension. 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-2024-9679/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9679/index.md)
Attackers can decrypt user credentials due to a hardcoded cryptographic key in the Trellix DLP Extension.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9679?
CVE-2024-9679 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trellix DLP Extension, published on 16 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Hardcoded Cryptographic key vulnerability existed in DLP Extension 11.11.1.3 which allowed the decryption of previously encrypted user credentials.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9679?
How do I fix CVE-2024-9679?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9679 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-9679 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9679 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pqpp-52g6-wrvx.