Northern.tech Mender up to 3.6.4/3.7.4 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Northern.tech Mender up to 3.6.4/3.7.4. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-46948. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Northern.tech Mender up to 3.6.4/3.7.4. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Northern.tech Mender before 3.6.5 and 3.7.x before 3.7.5 has Incorrect Access Control.

It is possible to read the advisory at mender.io. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-46948 since 09/15/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.6.5 or 3.7.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-42153). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mender 3.6.5/3.7.5

Timelineinfo

09/15/2024 🔍
11/08/2024 +54 days 🔍
11/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/15/2025 +219 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mender.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-46948 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-46948
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-283555
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/08/2024 17:04
Updated: 06/15/2025 23:17
Changes: 11/08/2024 17:04 (54), 06/15/2025 23:17 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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