CVE-2024-23742
Published: 28 January 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-23742 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Loom Loom. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked in the top 4.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-23742 is a code injection vulnerability, tracked under CWE-94, that affects the Loom application on macOS versions 0.196.1 and earlier. The flaw arises from exposure of the RunAsNode and enableNodeCliInspectArguments Electron settings, which can be abused to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remote attackers with no credentials or user interaction can leverage the issue to obtain full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, consistent with the assigned CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8. The vendor disputes the remote attack vector described in the CVE, asserting that exploitation instead requires local access to a victim's machine.
Public references include a proof-of-concept repository and Electron's advisory statement on RunAsNode-related CVEs, which address configuration risks and recommended hardening for applications built on the framework.
The associated EPSS score is currently 0.2006, equal to its recorded peak.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-21198
Vulnerability details
An issue in Loom on macOS version 0.196.1 and before, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RunAsNode and enableNodeClilnspectArguments settings. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because it requires local access to a victim's machine.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CVE-2024-23742 enables arbitrary remote code execution in the Loom macOS desktop application via manipulation of RunAsNode and enableNodeClilnspectArguments settings, directly facilitating Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203).
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.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.