Information disclosure through error messages in Drupal core
Priority LOW 36CWE-209Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-209.
Summary
core/authorize.php in Drupal 11.x-dev allows Full Path Disclosure (even when error logging is None) if the value of hash_salt is file_get_contents of a file that does not exist.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.09269 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed drupal/drupal (Packagist): 10.3.6, 11.0.5, 10.2.9drupal/core-recommended (Packagist): 10.3.6, 11.0.5, 10.2.9+1 more product
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drupal | Drupal core | v11.x-dev | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | drupal/drupal (Packagist) | 10.3.0 to before 10.3.6 | 10.3.6 | Patch available | GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc |
| — | drupal/drupal (Packagist) | 11.0.0 to before 11.0.5 | 11.0.5 | Patch available | GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc |
| — | drupal/core-recommended (Packagist) | 10.3.0 to before 10.3.6 | 10.3.6 | Patch available | GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc |
| — | drupal/core-recommended (Packagist) | 11.0.0 to before 11.0.5 | 11.0.5 | Patch available | GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc |
| — | drupal/core (Packagist) | 10.3.0 to before 10.3.6 | 10.3.6 | Patch available | GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc |
| — | drupal/core (Packagist) | 11.0.0 to before 11.0.5 | 11.0.5 | Patch available | GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc |
| — | drupal/drupal (Packagist) | 8.0.0 to before 10.2.9 | 10.2.9 | Patch available | GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc |
| — | drupal/core-recommended (Packagist) | 8.0.0 to before 10.2.9 | 10.2.9 | Patch available | GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc |
| — | drupal/core (Packagist) | 8.0.0 to before 10.2.9 | 10.2.9 | Patch available | GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc |
- Drupal core VendorDrupal Affected v11.x-dev Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- drupal/drupal (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 10.3.0 to before 10.3.6 Fixed in 10.3.6 Patch available GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
- drupal/drupal (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 11.0.0 to before 11.0.5 Fixed in 11.0.5 Patch available GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
- drupal/core-recommended (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 10.3.0 to before 10.3.6 Fixed in 10.3.6 Patch available GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
- drupal/core-recommended (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 11.0.0 to before 11.0.5 Fixed in 11.0.5 Patch available GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
- drupal/core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 10.3.0 to before 10.3.6 Fixed in 10.3.6 Patch available GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
- drupal/core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 11.0.0 to before 11.0.5 Fixed in 11.0.5 Patch available GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
- drupal/drupal (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 10.2.9 Fixed in 10.2.9 Patch available GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
- drupal/core-recommended (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 10.2.9 Fixed in 10.2.9 Patch available GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
- drupal/core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 10.2.9 Fixed in 10.2.9 Patch available GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc drupal/drupal (Packagist) Fixed in 10.3.6 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc drupal/drupal (Packagist) Fixed in 11.0.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc drupal/core-recommended (Packagist) Fixed in 10.3.6 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc drupal/core-recommended (Packagist) Fixed in 11.0.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc drupal/core (Packagist) Fixed in 10.3.6 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc drupal/core (Packagist) Fixed in 11.0.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc drupal/drupal (Packagist) Fixed in 10.2.9 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc drupal/core-recommended (Packagist) Fixed in 10.2.9 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc drupal/core (Packagist) Fixed in 10.2.9 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45440
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc
References
Advisory 3
Other 7
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/4827
- https://github.com/drupal/drupal
- https://senscybersecurity.nl/CVE-2024-45440-Explained
- https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.2.9
- https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.3.6
- https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/11.0.5
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52266
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- TI-2019-04505 Drupal core - Highly critical - Remote Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
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Sources
- CVE-2024-45440 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-45440 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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