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TI-2024-07378 Aliases CVE-2024-7957GHSA-q6gg-j289-2hm4

Arbitrary File Overwrite in danswer-ai/danswer

Priority HIGH 78CWE-29Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability exists in the ZulipConnector of danswer-ai/danswer, affecting the latest version. The vulnerability arises from the load_credentials method, where user-controlled input for realm_name and zuliprc_content is used to construct file paths and write file contents. This allows attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files if a zuliprc- directory already exists in the temporary directory.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00952 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
danswer-aidanswer-ai/danswerup to latest—No fix listedCNA
  • danswer-ai/danswer Vendordanswer-ai Affected up to latest Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7957
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q6gg-j289-2hm4

References

Other 1

  • TI-2024-21753 Unauthorized access to GET/SET of Slack Bot Tokens in Danswer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-00141 Denial of Service in danswer-ai/danswer CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-07442 Denial of Service in danswer-ai/danswer CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-07212 ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) in danswer-ai/danswer CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-07477 CSRF in danswer-ai/danswer CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2024-07246 CORS Misconfiguration in danswer-ai/danswer CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.4
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Sources

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