Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-34069

CSRF in Fedoraproject Fedora 38 … 40

Published
06 May 2024
Modified
03 December 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.034 88th percentile
Risk Priority 74 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-34069 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 12% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-23 (Session Authenticity) — 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.

Werkzeug is a WSGI web application library whose interactive debugger is affected by CVE-2024-34069 in versions prior to 3.0.3. The flaw stems from insufficient origin checks that allow an attacker to reach the debugger console even when it is bound only to localhost, provided the developer can be induced to visit a crafted domain and subdomain and supply the PIN.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by first causing the developer to trigger an exception at a guessed application URL, then using a cross-site request to the debugger endpoint. Successful exploitation grants arbitrary code execution on the developer's workstation with the privileges of the process running the debugger.

The official fix is included in Werkzeug 3.0.3, as referenced in the GitHub security advisory GHSA-2g68-c3qc-8985 and the corresponding commit that hardens debugger origin validation. Downstream vendors have issued coordinated updates through Fedora and NetApp advisories that recommend upgrading to the patched release.

The EPSS score has remained at its peak value of 0.4365 since disclosure, indicating steady but not sharply increasing exploitation interest.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Werkzeug is a comprehensive WSGI web application library. The debugger in affected versions of Werkzeug can allow an attacker to execute code on a developer's machine under some circumstances. This requires the attacker to get the developer to interact with…

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a domain and subdomain they control, and enter the debugger PIN, but if they are successful it allows access to the debugger even if it is only running on localhost. This also requires the attacker to guess a URL in the developer's application that will trigger the debugger. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.3.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-4047Same product: Debian Debian Linux
CVE-2024-34502Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2024-38276Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2024-25982Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2023-5455Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2024-8489Shared CWE-352
CVE-2024-51638Shared CWE-352
CVE-2025-23804Shared CWE-352
CVE-2024-36667Shared CWE-352
CVE-2024-26445Shared CWE-352

Affected Assets

palletsprojects
werkzeug
≤ 3.0.3
debian
debian linux
11.0
fedoraproject
fedora
38, 40

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.3.2
  • V3.5.1
  • V10.2.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Access enforcement requires verifying that state-changing requests originate from the authenticated user rather than a forged cross-site source.

Protecting session authenticity prevents attackers from replaying or forging authenticated requests via the victim's browser.

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.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require anti-CSRF controls such as tokens or SameSite attributes.

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.

mitigates

By denying access to phishing or malicious sites, the control lowers the likelihood that a user will be tricked into submitting a forged request that performs an unintended action on another site.

none

Contextual intelligence about emerging CSRF toolkits can be translated into updated anti-CSRF token or same-site policy configurations across applications.

References