7.3

CVE-2024-8260: openpolicyagent open_policy_agent Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

CVSS: 7.3v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesCGA-2xpp-rwm8-785rCGA-345q-cwvw-73r3CGA-73w6-jwcv-37xv
Published 30-08-2024Last modified 30-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8260 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay vulnerability in openpolicyagent open_policy_agent. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 24

Timeline

  1. 30-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A SMB force-authentication vulnerability exists in all versions of OPA for Windows prior to v0.68.0. The vulnerability exists because of improper input validation, allowing a user to pass an arbitrary SMB share instead of a Rego file as an argument to OPA CLI or to one of the OPA Go library’s functions.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.34% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

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

Chainguard24 products
  • conftest< 0.55.0-r2
  • conftest-fips< 0.55.0-r2
  • cosign< 2.4.0-r4
  • cosign-fips< 2.4.0-r3
  • k8sgpt< 0.3.42-r1
Wolfi17 products
  • conftest< 0.55.0-r2
  • cosign< 2.4.0-r4
  • k8sgpt< 0.3.42-r1
  • kots< 1.117.2-r1
  • kots-compat< 1.117.2-r1
Github.com/open-policy-agent1 product
  • opa< 0.68.0
Openpolicyagent1 product
Styra1 product

5 vendors · 44 products

References

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