Insecure Account Profile Management
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
Insufficient authentication in user account management in Yugabyte Platform allows local network attackers with a compromised user session to change critical security information without re-authentication. An attacker with user session and access to application can modify settings such as password and email without being prompted for the current password, enabling account takeover.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:yugabyte:yugabytedb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | YugabyteDB |
- cpe:2.3:a:yugabyte:yugabytedb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·YugabyteDB
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6895
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h9cv-6mcv-ffr4
References
More YugabyteDB vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-27623 YugabyteDB v2.21.1.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the "insert into" parameter. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-00545 Remote code execution in YugabyteDB CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-17471 The software is vulnerable when using LDAP-based authentication in YCQL with Microsoft’s Active Directory CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-00707 Arbitrary File Write in High Availability Backup Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-00544 Server-side request forgery in YugabyteDB Anywhere CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-05529 Prometheus Metrics Accessible Pre-Authentication CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-6895 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6895 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h9cv-6mcv-ffr4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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