CVE-2024-23685
Published: 19 January 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-23685 is a medium-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Openlibraryfoundation Mod-Remote-Storage. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Default Accounts (T1078.001); ranked in the top 32.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-0371
Vulnerability details
Hard-coded credentials in mod-remote-storage versions under 1.7.2 and from 2.0.0 to 2.0.3 allows unauthorized users to gain read access to mod-inventory-storage records including instances, holdings, items, contributor-types, and identifier-types.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Hard-coded system user credentials enable adversaries to use default accounts (T1078.001) for unauthorized read access to inventory storage records, facilitating data collection from databases/information repositories (T1213.006).
Affected Assets
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.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.