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TI-2024-07888 Aliases CVE-2024-8509GHSA-5xmf-5w3g-qm87

Migration toolkit for virtualization: forklift-controller: empty bearer token may perform authentication

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-285Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-285.

Summary

A 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00586 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed forklift-controller: 2.6.6Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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
—forklift-controllerbefore 2.6.62.6.6Patch availableCNA
Red HatMigration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.6—2.6.6-2Patch availableCNA
  • forklift-controller Vendor— Affected before 2.6.6 Fixed in 2.6.6 Patch available CNA
  • Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.6 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.6.6-2 Patch available CNA

CPE names CNA · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:migration_toolkit_virtualization:2.6::el92.6—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:migration_toolkit_virtualization:2.6::el82.6—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:migration_toolkit_virtualization:2.6::el9 Versions 2.6 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:migration_toolkit_virtualization:2.6::el8 Versions 2.6 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA forklift-controller Fixed in 2.6.6

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2024:6487 Released 2024-09-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    MTV 2.6.6 Images
    • 8Base-MTV-2.6 migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-api-rhel9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
8Base-MTV-2.6Fixed RHSA-2024:6487
Not affected: 1 product
  • 8Base-MTV-2.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8509
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5xmf-5w3g-qm87

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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