Altair GraphQL Client's desktop app does not validate HTTPS certificates
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
Altair is a GraphQL client for all platforms. Prior to version 8.0.5, Altair GraphQL Client's desktop app does not validate HTTPS certificates allowing a man-in-the-middle to intercept all requests. Any Altair users on untrusted networks (eg. public wifi, malicious DNS servers) may have all GraphQL request and response headers and bodies fully compromised including authorization tokens. The attack also allows obtaining full access to any signed-in Altair GraphQL Cloud account and replacing payment checkout pages with a malicious website. Version 8.0.5 fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| altair-graphql | altair | before 8.0.5 | 8.0.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- altair Vendoraltair-graphql Affected before 8.0.5 Fixed in 8.0.5 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA altair (altair-graphql) Fixed in 8.0.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-54147
References
More altair-graphql vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-23490 The Altair Desktop Client Does Not Sanitize External URLs before passing them to the underlying system CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-85663 DOM-based XSS in Altair iframe sandbox runs attacker-supplied scripts CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
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