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TI-2024-14374 Aliases CVE-2024-21649GHSA-w9h2-px87-74vx

Remote code execution in vantage6

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). Prior to 4.2.0, authenticated users could inject code into algorithm environment variables, resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability is patched in 4.2.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01266 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed vantage6 (vantage6): 4.2.0vantage6 (PyPI): 4.2.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
vantage6vantage6before 4.2.04.2.0Patch availableCNA
—vantage6 (PyPI)before 4.2.04.2.0Patch availableGHSA-w9h2-px87-74vx
  • vantage6 Vendorvantage6 Affected before 4.2.0 Fixed in 4.2.0 Patch available CNA
  • vantage6 (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.2.0 Fixed in 4.2.0 Patch available GHSA-w9h2-px87-74vx

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.2.0Vulnerablevantage6
  • cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.2.0 Vulnerable ·vantage6

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA vantage6 (vantage6) Fixed in 4.2.0
  • Fix · GHSA-w9h2-px87-74vx vantage6 (PyPI) Fixed in 4.2.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21649
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w9h2-px87-74vx

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2024-14786 vantage6 unencrypted task can be created in encrypted collaboration CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2024-14378 vantage6 insecure SSH configuration for node and server containers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-09727 Refresh tokens do not expire in Vantage6 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-25773 vantage6 Node accepts non-whitelisted algorithms from malicious server CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-09728 vantage6's Pickle serialization is insecure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2024-16287 Username timing attack on recover password/MFA token in vantage6 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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