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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.7

CVE-2024-24823 json

graylog2-server Session Fixation vulnerability through cookie injection

published 2024-02-07 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-3xf8-g8gr-g7rh , EUVD-2024-0497

cvss
5.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Graylog is a free and open log management platform. Starting in version 4.3.0 and prior to versions 5.1.11 and 5.2.4, reauthenticating with an existing session cookie would re-use that session id, even if for different user credentials. In this case, the pre-existing session could be used to gain elevated access to an existing Graylog login session, provided the malicious user could successfully inject their session cookie into someone else's browser. The complexity of such an attack is high, because it requires presenting a spoofed login screen and injection of a session cookie into an existing browser, potentially through a cross-site scripting attack. No such attack has been discovered. Graylog 5.1.11 and 5.2.4, and any versions of the 6.0 development branch, contain patches to not re-use sessions under any circumstances. Some workarounds are available. Using short session expiration and explicit log outs of unused sessions can help limiting the attack vector. Unpatched this vulnerability exists, but is relatively hard to exploit. A proxy could be leveraged to clear the `authentication` cookie for the Graylog server URL for the `/api/system/sessions` endpoint, as that is the only one vulnerable.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.graylog2:graylog2-server 5.1.11, 5.2.4
  • graylog graylog 5.1.11, 5.2.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.graylog2:graylog2-server
>=4.3.0, <5.1.11
>=5.2.0-alpha.1, <5.2.4
5.1.11
5.2.4

Affected products

  • Graylog2 graylog2-server

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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