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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2024-8509 json

Migration toolkit for virtualization: forklift-controller: empty bearer token may perform authentication

published 2024-09-06 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-49630

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Forklift Controller.  There is no verification against the authorization header except to ensure it uses bearer authentication. Without an Authorization header and some form of a Bearer token, a 401 error occurs. The presence of a token value provides a 200 response with the requested information.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.6 2.6.6-2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-8509 updated cvss 7.5

Migration Toolkit for Virtualization: forklift-controller: Empty bearer token may perform authentication

  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.6 migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-api-rhel9 2.6.6-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6487
  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.6 migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-rhel8-operator 2.6.6-1, migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-virt-v2v-rhel9 2.6.6-2, migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-operator-bundle 2.6.6-6, migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-controller-rhel9 2.6.6-2, migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-validation-rhel9 2.6.6-2, migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-must-gather-rhel8 2.6.6-1, +6 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.6

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.