Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38431

Medium

Published: 30 July 2024

Published
30 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0030 53.2th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38431 is a medium-severity Observable Response Discrepancy (CWE-204) vulnerability in Matrix-Globalservices Tafnit. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 46.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Matrix Tafnit v8 - CWE-204: Observable Response Discrepancy

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

matrix-globalservices
tafnit
≤ 8.4.202

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-203 CWE-204

Misdirection can normalize or falsify responses to eliminate observable discrepancies that aid reconnaissance.

addresses: CWE-203 CWE-204

Prevents attackers from using observable differences in error responses to infer internal system details or state.

addresses: CWE-203

Observable discrepancies in system behavior can be modulated to create covert storage or timing channels; the required analysis detects and constrains such avenues.

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