CVE-2024-53829 in CodeChecker
Summary
by MITRE • 01/21/2025
CodeChecker is an analyzer tooling, defect database and viewer extension for the Clang Static Analyzer and Clang Tidy. Cross-site request forgery allows an unauthenticated attacker to hijack the authentication of a logged in user, and use the web API with the same permissions, including but not limited to adding, removing or editing products. The attacker needs to know the ID of the available products to modify or delete them. The attacker cannot directly exfiltrate data (view) from CodeChecker, due to being limited to form-based CSRF.
This issue affects CodeChecker: through 6.24.4.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 11/14/2025
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-53829 represents a critical cross-site request forgery flaw within CodeChecker, a widely utilized static analysis tool that integrates with Clang Static Analyzer and Clang Tidy for defect detection and management. This security weakness exists in CodeChecker versions through 6.24.4 and fundamentally undermines the application's authentication and authorization mechanisms. The flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to exploit the web application's API endpoints by crafting malicious requests that leverage the credentials of authenticated users who are currently logged into the system. The vulnerability specifically targets the application's lack of proper CSRF protection mechanisms, allowing attackers to perform unauthorized operations using legitimate user sessions.
The technical implementation of this CSRF vulnerability stems from the absence of anti-CSRF tokens or other sufficient validation mechanisms within CodeChecker's web API endpoints. When authenticated users interact with the application's web interface, their browser automatically includes session cookies in requests, but the application fails to verify that these requests originated from legitimate user interactions rather than maliciously crafted requests. Attackers can exploit this by tricking authenticated users into visiting malicious websites or clicking on crafted links that automatically submit requests to CodeChecker's API endpoints. The attacker requires knowledge of product IDs to perform modification or deletion operations, indicating that the vulnerability affects administrative functions within the tool's product management system. This limitation prevents attackers from directly accessing sensitive data but still grants them significant operational capabilities within the application's administrative scope.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple privilege escalation, as it allows attackers to manipulate the core functionality of CodeChecker's product management system. An attacker with knowledge of existing product IDs can add new products, modify existing ones, or delete critical product entries, potentially disrupting the analysis workflow and compromising the integrity of the static analysis environment. This capability undermines the tool's reliability and can lead to operational disruptions where malicious actors might remove critical products or introduce false entries that could mislead developers during code analysis. The limitation that prevents direct data exfiltration means that while attackers cannot view sensitive information, they retain the ability to alter the application's configuration and operational state. This vulnerability directly aligns with CWE-352, which defines Cross-Site Request Forgery as a weakness where the application fails to validate that requests originated from legitimate users, and can be mapped to ATT&CK technique T1566.001 for the initial access phase through malicious web content.
Mitigation strategies for CVE-2024-53829 should focus on implementing robust CSRF protection mechanisms throughout CodeChecker's web application. The most effective approach involves deploying anti-CSRF tokens that are generated per user session and validated on each state-changing request, ensuring that all API endpoints requiring authentication implement proper validation. Organizations should upgrade to CodeChecker versions that have addressed this vulnerability, as version 6.24.5 and later releases should contain the necessary patches to prevent CSRF attacks. Additionally, implementing proper session management controls, including secure cookie attributes, and ensuring that all web API endpoints validate request origins through referrer headers or custom validation mechanisms would significantly reduce the attack surface. Network-level protections such as web application firewalls can provide additional layers of defense, though the primary solution must be implemented within the application itself. Security teams should also conduct comprehensive testing of all web endpoints to identify potential additional CSRF vulnerabilities within the application's interface and API.