CVE-2024-8260: openpolicyagent open_policy_agent Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
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.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 24Timeline
- 30-08-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 30-08-2024Last 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- CVE.orgCNA6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:LDiffers
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:LDiffers
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:LDiffers
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:LDiffers
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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected 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
- open_policy_agent< 0.68.0
Styra1 product
- opa< v0.68.0
5 vendors · 44 products