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CVE-2024-6834: open mainframe project zowe Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

CVSS: 9.0v3.1CriticalDeferred
Published 17-07-2024Last modified 13-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6834 is a critical (CVSS 9.0) Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in open mainframe project zowe. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Open mainframe project1 product
  • zowe≥ 2.4.0, < 2.14.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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