CVE-2024-42351
An attacker can potentially replace the contents of public datasets resulting in data loss or tampering.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- galaxyproject/galaxy
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://depot.galaxyproject.org/patch/GX-2024-0001/022da344a02bafd604402ac8e253e0014f6e2e08.patchPatch
- https://depot.galaxyproject.org/patch/GX-2024-0001/15060a6cb222f2fcfc687d0f0260f1eb1b9c757b.patchPatch
- https://depot.galaxyproject.org/patch/GX-2024-0001/235f1d8b400708556732b9dda788c919ebf3bb80.patchPatch
- https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/security/advisories/GHSA-5639-cmph-9j4vPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.