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TI-2024-14248 Aliases CVE-2024-21491GHSA-747x-5m58-mq97

Authentication bypass in svix

Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-288Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-288.

Summary

Versions of the package svix before 1.17.0 are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass due to an issue in the verify function where signatures of different lengths are incorrectly compared. An attacker can bypass signature verification by providing a shorter signature that matches the beginning of the actual signature. **Note:** The attacker would need to know a victim uses the Rust library for verification,no easy way to automatically check that; and uses webhooks by a service that uses Svix, and then figure out a way to craft a malicious payload that will actually include all of the correct identifiers needed to trick the receivers to cause actual issues.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0041 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed svix: 1.17.0svix (crates.io): 1.17.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—svixbefore 1.17.01.17.0Patch availableCNA
—svix (crates.io)before 1.17.01.17.0Patch availableGHSA-747x-5m58-mq97
  • svix Vendor— Affected before 1.17.0 Fixed in 1.17.0 Patch available CNA
  • svix (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 1.17.0 Fixed in 1.17.0 Patch available GHSA-747x-5m58-mq97

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:svix:svix-webhooks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.17.0VulnerableSvix
  • cpe:2.3:a:svix:svix-webhooks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.17.0 Vulnerable ·Svix

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA svix Fixed in 1.17.0
  • Fix · GHSA-747x-5m58-mq97 svix (crates.io) Fixed in 1.17.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21491
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-747x-5m58-mq97

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