CVE-2024-8509
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 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.
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 confidenceForklift Controller implements a flawed authentication check that only verifies the presence of a bearer token in the Authorization header without validating the token's authenticity. Any non-empty string provided as a bearer token (even completely invalid or fabricated tokens) results in a 200 OK response with requested data, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive information.
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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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 Forklift Controller installationCheck for Forklift Controller service or process running in the environment. Look for container images, pods, or services named 'forklift' or 'forklift-controller'.Affected if Forklift Controller is present in the environment
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Determine installed versionQuery the Forklift Controller version through its API (e.g., /api/v1/version endpoint) or check the container image tag/deployment manifest.Affected if Version cannot be determined or is within the affected range (any version with this flawed authentication)
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Locate authenticated API endpointsReview Forklift Controller API documentation or examine the service's route configuration to identify endpoints that require bearer token authentication.Affected if API endpoints use bearer token authentication
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Verify token validation behaviorSend a test API request to an authenticated endpoint with an invalid/fabricated bearer token (e.g., 'Authorization: Bearer invalidtoken123'). Check if the response returns 200 OK with data instead of 401 Unauthorized.Affected if Invalid bearer tokens return 200 OK and grant access to protected resources
The environment is affected if Forklift Controller is present and accepts any non-empty string as a valid bearer token, returning 200 OK instead of rejecting invalid tokens with 401 Unauthorized.
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 dataImplement proper bearer token validation by checking token validity against the expected authentication mechanism (e.g., signature validation, token expiration, issuer verification) before granting access to resources.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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