CVE-2024-6078
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 · uneditedCVE-2024-6078 IMPACT An improper authentication vulnerability exists in the affected product, which could allow a malicious user to generate cookies for any user ID without the use of a username or password. If exploited, a malicious user could take over the account of a legitimate user. The malicious user would be able to view and modify data stored in the cloud.
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 confidenceAn improper authentication vulnerability allows attackers to generate authentication cookies for any user ID without valid credentials, enabling account takeover and unauthorized access to and modification of cloud-stored data.
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
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- Authentication
- X
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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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Verify authentication flow requires valid credentialsInspect the authentication endpoints (login, session init) and trace the code path to identify if credential validation occurs before any cookie/session token generation. Look for any code paths where a session cookie could be generated without a successful username/password validation.Affected if Session cookies or tokens can be generated without providing valid credentials or without passing through proper authentication validation logic.
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Inspect cookie generation mechanism for arbitrary user ID injectionIdentify all endpoints or functions that generate authentication cookies/tokens. Examine if the user identifier (user ID, username, email) passed to the cookie generation logic can be controlled externally without being validated against an authenticated session.Affected if The cookie generation process accepts a user-supplied or arbitrary user identifier without verifying that the requester has legitimately authenticated as that user.
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Check for server-side validation of generated cookiesReview the cookie validation logic on the server side. Determine if generated cookies are validated to confirm they correspond to a legitimately established authentication session, rather than just being accepted based on format or signature.Affected if Generated cookies are accepted without server-side verification that they were created through a valid authenticated session.
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Test cookie generation with arbitrary user accountsIf you have a test environment, attempt to craft or request an authentication cookie for a different user account (such as an administrator) without logging in as that user. Observe if the generated cookie provides access to that account's data or privileges.Affected if You can obtain a valid authentication cookie for any user account without having that account's credentials, and the cookie grants access to that user's data.
Your environment is affected if authentication cookies can be generated for arbitrary user accounts without first providing valid credentials for those accounts, bypassing the normal authentication flow.
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 dataApply vendor-provided security patches immediately to address the authentication flaw; until patched, implement additional monitoring for anomalous cookie generation and consider enforcing stricter session validation.
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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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