Improper privilege management in Apache Fineract
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.This issue affects Apache Fineract: <1.8.5. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Fineract (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 1.9.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Apache Fineract — cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Apache+Finerac…
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-15579 SQL injection in Apache FineractPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2024-15578 SQL injection in Apache FineractPriority MEDIUM 45
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23537
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xcvp-xvv5-6298
References
More Apache Fineract vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-21954 Apache Fineract allowed an authenticated user to perform remote code execution due to path traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-82963 SQL injection in Apache Fineract Search API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-08455 SQL injection in Apache Fineract CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-08454 SQL injection in Apache Fineract CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-35952 Apache Fineract: Server Key not masked CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2018-01195 SQL injection in Apache Fineract CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-23537 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-23537 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xcvp-xvv5-6298 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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