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TI-2024-14378 Aliases CVE-2024-21653GHSA-2wgc-48g2-cj5w

vantage6 insecure SSH configuration for node and server containers

Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). Nodes and servers get a ssh config by default that permits root login with password authentication. In a proper deployment, the SSH service is not exposed so there is no risk, but not all deployments are ideal. The default should therefore be less permissive. The vulnerability can be mitigated by removing the ssh part from the docker file and rebuilding the docker image. Version 4.2.0 patches the vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0047 40th 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
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
vantage6vantage6before 4.2.04.2.0Patch availableCNA
—vantage6 (PyPI)before 4.2.04.2.0Patch availableGHSA-2wgc-48g2-cj5w
  • 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-2wgc-48g2-cj5w

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-2wgc-48g2-cj5w vantage6 (PyPI) Fixed in 4.2.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21653
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2wgc-48g2-cj5w

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-2024-14374 Remote code execution in vantage6 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • 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
See all 15 →

Sources

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