Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-3454

Low

Published: 24 July 2024

Published
24 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.2th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-3454 is a low-severity Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information (CWE-209) vulnerability in Csa-Iot Matter. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Remote System Discovery (T1018); ranked at the 28.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An implementation issue in the Connectivity Standards Alliance Matter 1.2 protocol as used in the connectedhomeip SDK allows a third party to disclose information about devices part of the same fabric (footprinting), even though the protocol is designed to prevent…

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access to such information.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1018 Remote System Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of other systems by IP address, hostname, or other logical identifier on a network that may be used for Lateral Movement from the current system.
T1046 Network Service Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of services running on remote hosts and local network infrastructure devices, including those that may be vulnerable to remote software exploitation.
Why these techniques?

The vulnerability enables disclosure of information about other devices in the same Matter fabric (footprinting), facilitating remote system discovery (T1018) and network service discovery (T1046) through cluster attributes, assuming adjacent network access and low privileges.

Affected Assets

csa-iot
matter
all versions

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.

addresses: CWE-209

Detects error messages that leak sensitive information as evidence of disclosure.

addresses: CWE-209

The control directly mitigates generation of error messages containing sensitive authentication details by requiring obscured feedback instead of verbose responses.

addresses: CWE-209

Misdirection allows generation of misleading error messages that withhold or falsify sensitive details.

addresses: CWE-209

Explicitly requires error messages to avoid including sensitive or exploitable details while still supporting corrective action.

addresses: CWE-209

Validation ensures error messages contain only expected, non-sensitive content and blocks leakage via verbose errors.

addresses: CWE-209

Fail-safe procedures can be defined to suppress or sanitize error output, reducing generation of messages that contain sensitive information.

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