Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-13040

High

Published: 31 December 2024

Published
31 December 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.6th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-13040 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Org (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 28.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The QOCA aim from Quanta Computer has an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability. By controlling the user ID parameter, remote attackers with regular privileges could access certain features as any user, modify any user's account information and privileges, leading…

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to privilege escalation.

CWE(s)
CWE-639

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Org
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions
addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

AC-3 Access Enforcement
addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References