CVE-2024-2248
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA Header Injection vulnerability in the JFrog platform in versions below 7.85.0 (SaaS) and 7.84.7 (Self-Hosted) may allow threat actors to take over the end user's account when clicking on a specially crafted URL sent to the victim’s user email.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA Header Injection vulnerability in JFrog platform versions below 7.85.0 (SaaS) and 7.84.7 (Self-Hosted) allows attackers to inject malicious HTTP headers through specially crafted URLs sent to victims. When users click these crafted links, the injected headers can manipulate session or authentication mechanisms leading to account takeover.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify JFrog platform installationCheck if JFrog Artifactory, Xray, or other JFrog platform components are running in your environment. Look for processes listening on ports 8082 (Artifactory), 8083 (Xray), or 80/443 if JFrog is configured as a web server.Affected if JFrog platform is installed and running
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Determine installed versionFor Self-Hosted: Check the version by accessing the /ui/v1/system/version endpoint or viewing the $JFROG_HOME/artifactory/etc/info.json file. For SaaS: Contact your JFrog account representative or check the support dashboard for version information.Affected if Version cannot be determined or is below 7.84.7 (Self-Hosted) or 7.85.0 (SaaS)
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Compare version against affected rangesCompare your installed version number to the affected ranges: Self-Hosted versions below 7.84.7 and SaaS versions below 7.85.0. Note that exact patch versions are 7.84.7 and 7.85.0 respectively.Affected if Running a version lower than 7.84.7 (Self-Hosted) or 7.85.0 (SaaS)
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Check if web UI is accessibleVerify whether the JFrog web interface is exposed and accessible to users who could potentially click malicious crafted URLs. Check network configuration and access controls.Affected if Web interface is accessible to untrusted users or network segments
You are affected if you are running JFrog platform Self-Hosted version below 7.84.7 or SaaS version below 7.85.0 and your web interface is accessible to users who could click externally-sent crafted URLs.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade JFrog platform to version 7.85.0 (SaaS) or 7.84.7 (Self-Hosted) to patch the header injection vulnerability.
7.85.0 (SaaS) or 7.84.7 (Self-Hosted)
- Identify whether your JFrog deployment is SaaS or Self-Hosted
- For SaaS deployments: Upgrade to version 7.85.0 or higher
- For Self-Hosted deployments: Upgrade to version 7.84.7 or higher
- After upgrade, verify the JFrog platform is functioning normally
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-2248 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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