CVE-2024-9362
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 unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability exists in Polyaxon, affecting the latest version. This vulnerability allows an attacker to retrieve directory information and file contents from the server without proper authorization, leading to sensitive information disclosure. The issue enables access to system directories such as `/etc`, potentially resulting in significant security risks.
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 unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability in Polyaxon allows remote attackers to access arbitrary filesystem paths on the host server without authentication. By manipulating path traversal sequences in HTTP requests, an attacker can read sensitive files including system directories like /etc, potentially exposing configuration files, credentials, and other sensitive data.
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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:3.0/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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Confirm Polyaxon is installedRun 'helm list' for Kubernetes deployments or check for polyaxon processes/services on the host. Look for port 8000 or 80 (default Polyaxon ports) responding.Affected if Polyaxon is not installed on this system
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Identify the installed Polyaxon versionRun 'helm list' and 'helm show chart polyaxon' or check the deployment YAML/namespace for the version label. Alternatively, query the API at /api/v1/version/ if exposed.Affected if The installed version is unpatched (compare against the fixed version in official Polyaxon release notes)
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Verify unauthenticated API access is possibleSend a GET request to the Polyaxon API root (e.g., curl -k https://<host>/api/v1/) without any authentication headers or tokens.Affected if The API responds with 200 OK or returns data without requiring authentication
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Test for directory traversal on file-serving endpointsSend HTTP requests with '../' sequences to common file-serving routes, such as: curl -k 'https://<host>/api/v1/assets/../../etc/passwd' or curl -k 'https://<host>/static/../../etc/hostname'. Check if the response contains content from /etc or other system paths.Affected if Requests with '../' sequences return file contents from outside the expected upload/assets directory, indicating path traversal is possible
If Polyaxon is running with an unpatched version and unauthenticated users can access file-serving endpoints that permit path traversal sequences, the environment is affected by CVE-2024-9362.
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 strict input validation and path sanitization on all file-serving endpoints to prevent traversal sequences (../). Add proper authentication and authorization checks before allowing any file access. Consider restricting the application to a sandboxed filesystem namespace.
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