CVE-2024-6834

Imperative Local Command Injection allows Activity Masking

Description

A vulnerability in APIML Spring Cloud Gateway which leverages user privileges by unexpected signing proxied request by Zowe's client certificate. This allows access to a user to the endpoints requiring an internal client certificate without any credentials. It could lead to managing components in there and allow an attacker to handle the whole communication including user credentials.

Remediation

Solution:

  • This issue is fixed in the APIML 2.14.4 (Zowe 2.14) and later. Fixed by https://github.com/zowe/api-layer/pull/3203 and https://github.com/zowe/api-layer/pull/3273

Category

9.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.13%
Affected: Open Mainframe Project Zowe
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-6834?
CVE-2024-6834 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-6834?
To fix CVE-2024-6834: This issue is fixed in the APIML 2.14.4 (Zowe 2.14) and later. Fixed by https://github.com/zowe/api-layer/pull/3203 and https://github.com/zowe/api-layer/pull/3273
Is CVE-2024-6834 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-6834 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-6834?
CVE-2024-6834 affects Open Mainframe Project Zowe.
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