CVE-2024-34897

High

Published: 03 February 2025

Published

03 February 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0028 51.0th percentile

Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-34897 is a high-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-200) vulnerability in Nedis SmartLife (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 49.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AU-13 (Monitoring for Information Disclosure) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

preventrecover

Directly requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of the API key disclosure flaw in the Nedis SmartLife Android app.

AU-13 Monitoring for Information Disclosure good match

detect

Specifically monitors the system for unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information such as the exposed API key.

SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest partial match

prevent

Protects the confidentiality of the sensitive API key at rest within the Android app using cryptographic mechanisms to mitigate extraction risks.

NVD Description

Nedis SmartLife android app v1.4.0 was discovered to contain an API key disclosure vulnerability.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-34897 is an API key disclosure vulnerability, classified under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), affecting the Nedis SmartLife Android app version 1.4.0. The vulnerability was published on 2025-02-03 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant confidentiality impact.

A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication privileges, no user interaction, and without changing the scope of impact. Exploitation leads to high confidentiality consequences, enabling the disclosure of a sensitive API key from the affected app.

Mitigation guidance and additional details are available in vendor and research resources, including the Nedis website at http://nedis.com and a document from KTH Royal Institute of Technology at https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-359419. Security practitioners should consult these for patching or workaround recommendations specific to the Nedis SmartLife app.