galaxyproject Galaxy up to 21.04 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in galaxyproject Galaxy up to 21.04. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-42351. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in galaxyproject Galaxy up to 21.04. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Galaxy is a free, open-source system for analyzing data, authoring workflows, training and education, publishing tools, managing infrastructure, and more. An attacker can potentially replace the contents of public datasets resulting in data loss or tampering. All supported branches of Galaxy (and more back to release_21.05) were amended with the below patch. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-42351 since 07/30/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Upgrading to version 21.05 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 9.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Galaxy 21.05

Timelineinfo

07/30/2024 🔍
09/20/2024 +52 days 🔍
09/20/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/15/2025 +329 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-5639-cmph-9j4v
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-42351 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-42351
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-278224

Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2024 22:22
Updated: 08/15/2025 16:50
Changes: 09/20/2024 22:22 (65), 09/27/2024 05:02 (1), 08/15/2025 16:50 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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