# CVE-2024-9991: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability in Philips Lighting Devices

> Attackers with physical access can extract plaintext Wi-Fi credentials from firmware, enabling unauthorized network access on Philips smart lighting devices.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 25 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f5p8-rmgq-7jq5

## What is CVE-2024-9991?

CVE-2024-9991 is a high-severity vulnerability in Philips Smart Bulb 9,10,12-Watt, published on 25 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

This vulnerability exists in Philips lighting devices due to storage of Wi-Fi credentials in plain text within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this by extracting the firmware and analyzing the binary data to obtain the plaintext Wi-Fi credentials stored on the vulnerable device.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Wi-Fi network to which vulnerable device is connected.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9991?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-9991?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9991 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9991 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9991 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9991 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9991 is a high-severity vulnerability in Philips Smart Bulb 9,10,12-Watt, published on 25 Oct 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-2024-9991 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Philips Smart Bulb 9,10,12-Watt. 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-2024-9991/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9991/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9991
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9991
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9991

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9991/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.