CVE-2024-10264
Youdao Qanything 1.4.1
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-10264 is a critical-severity HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444) vulnerability in Youdao Qanything. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 44% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-7 (Boundary Protection) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-10264 is an HTTP Request Smuggling vulnerability (CWE-444) affecting netease-youdao/qanything version 1.4.1. The flaw arises from inconsistencies in how proxies and servers interpret HTTP requests, enabling attackers to manipulate request handling.
Remote attackers require no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit the vulnerability, as reflected in its CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Exploitation can result in unauthorized access, bypassing security controls, session hijacking, data leakage, and potentially arbitrary code execution.
Mitigation details are available in the advisory published on Huntr at https://huntr.com/bounties/988247d5-fd60-4d85-845a-e867d62c0d02. The CVE was published on 2025-03-20T10:15:15.487.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-7122
Vulnerability Data
HTTP Request Smuggling vulnerability in netease-youdao/qanything version 1.4.1 allows attackers to exploit inconsistencies in the interpretation of HTTP requests between a proxy and a server. This can lead to unauthorized access, bypassing security controls, session hijacking, data leakage, and potentially…
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arbitrary code execution.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Boundary protection at external interfaces can enforce consistent HTTP request/response parsing rules between intermediaries and endpoints.
Validating HTTP inputs at the intermediary prevents malformed messages from being interpreted inconsistently downstream.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Configuration management can enforce uniform HTTP parsing rules across intermediaries, directly mitigating inconsistent interpretation.
Network monitoring can detect smuggling attempts via anomalous HTTP traffic or logs, while eliminating the inconsistency directly aids detection of such events.
Network protections can enforce consistent HTTP proxy/firewall behavior to block smuggling, and removing the weakness helps prevent unauthorized access via request smuggling.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect HTTP request smuggling vulnerabilities in intermediary components.
Network security controls can enforce consistent HTTP parsing and proxy behavior that mitigates request smuggling.
Secure network services include hardening proxies and gateways against inconsistent HTTP interpretation.
Secure SDLC practices require threat modeling and testing for HTTP parsing inconsistencies in intermediaries.
Application security requirements can mandate strict HTTP message validation and canonicalization.
Secure architecture principles include consistent protocol handling and defense-in-depth for proxies.