TI-2024-07471 Aliases CVE-2024-8057 GHSA-fgqc-p7g9-x92w

Improper Access Control in danswer-ai/danswer

MEDIUM 53CWE-306Published 2025-03-20 · Updated 2025-10-15

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.

Summary

In version 0.4.1 of danswer-ai/danswer, a vulnerability exists where a basic user can create credentials and link them to an existing connector. This issue arises because the system allows an unauthenticated attacker to sign up with a basic account and perform actions that should be restricted to admin users. This can lead to excessive resource consumption, potentially resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) and other significant issues, impacting the system's stability and security.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00417 36th 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: No
Technical impact: Partial

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
danswer-ai	danswer-ai/danswer	up to latest	—	No fix listed	CNA

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

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8057
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fgqc-p7g9-x92w

References

Other 1

https://huntr.com/bounties/b5991b98-a721-4acd-8ef2-980e15682913

TI-2024-21753 Unauthorized access to GET/SET of Slack Bot Tokens in Danswer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-07378 Arbitrary File Overwrite in danswer-ai/danswer CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
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

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Sources

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