CVE-2024-42351 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-42351: Possible Data Tampering & Loss of Public Datasets in Galaxy

Vendor Galaxyproject
Product galaxy
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published September 20, 2024
Last update September 20, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Galaxy is a free, open-source system for analyzing data, authoring workflows, training and education, publishing tools, managing infrastructure, and more. An attacker can potentially replace the contents of public datasets resulting in data loss or tampering. All supported branches of Galaxy (and more back to release_21.05) were amended with the below patch. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 20, 2024 CVE published
September 20, 2024 Record updated