CVE-2024-50641
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 · uneditedAn authentication bypass vulnerability in PandoraNext-TokensTool v0.6.8 and before. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to access API without any token.
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 · moderate confidencePandoraNext-TokensTool versions 0.6.8 and earlier contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to access the API directly without providing any valid token. This is a critical security flaw that completely circumvents the intended access control mechanism.
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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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 installed PandoraNext-TokensTool versionCheck the application version using 'docker images', 'git describe --tags', or check the binary/executable version flag if availableAffected if version is 0.6.8 or earlier
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Verify API service is running and exposedCheck if the PandoraNext-TokensTool API service is listening on a network interface (e.g., using 'netstat -tlnp' or 'ss -tlnp' to list listening ports)Affected if API port is bound to a publicly accessible network interface (0.0.0.0) rather than localhost only (127.0.0.1)
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Test unauthenticated API accessSend an HTTP request to the API endpoint without any Authorization header (e.g., 'curl -s http://<host>:<port>/api/endpoint')Affected if API responds with successful data or valid JSON instead of returning an authentication error (401/403)
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Review API access control configurationExamine the configuration file (commonly config.yaml, config.json, or .env) for any 'auth', 'token', 'password', or 'access_control' settings to confirm authentication is expected but bypassedAffected if Authentication is configured in the application but can be bypassed entirely through direct API calls
The environment is affected if PandoraNext-TokensTool version 0.6.8 or earlier is running and its API endpoints are accessible without providing any valid token.
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.
From vendor dataUpgrade to PandoraNext-TokensTool version newer than v0.6.8. If no patch is available, implement external authentication gating (e.g., reverse proxy with authentication, firewall rules restricting access) until a fixed version is released.
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