CVE-2024-24823
graylog2-server Session Fixation vulnerability through cookie injection
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Graylog is a free and open log management platform. Starting in version 4.3.0 and prior to versions 5.1.11 and 5.2.4, reauthenticating with an existing session cookie would re-use that session id, even if for different user credentials. In this case, the pre-existing session could be used to gain elevated access to an existing Graylog login session, provided the malicious user could successfully inject their session cookie into someone else's browser. The complexity of such an attack is high, because it requires presenting a spoofed login screen and injection of a session cookie into an existing browser, potentially through a cross-site scripting attack. No such attack has been discovered. Graylog 5.1.11 and 5.2.4, and any versions of the 6.0 development branch, contain patches to not re-use sessions under any circumstances. Some workarounds are available. Using short session expiration and explicit log outs of unused sessions can help limiting the attack vector. Unpatched this vulnerability exists, but is relatively hard to exploit. A proxy could be leveraged to clear the `authentication` cookie for the Graylog server URL for the `/api/system/sessions` endpoint, as that is the only one vulnerable.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected >= 4.3.0, < 5.1.11
- affected >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.graylog2:graylog2-serverGHSA-3xf8-g8gr-g7rh (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog2-server/security/advisories/GHSA-3xf8-g8gr-g7rh (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog2-server/commit/1596b749db86368ba476662f23a0f0c5ec2b5097 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog2-server/commit/b93a66353f35a94a4e8f3f75ac4f5cdc5a2d4a6a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3xf8-g8gr-g7rh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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