Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56205

Critical

Published: 31 December 2024

Published
31 December 2024
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0017 37.5th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56205 is a critical-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 37.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Enterprise AI Assistants; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in SunnyKai AI Magic newsletter-page-redirects allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects AI Magic: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

CWE(s)
CWE-266

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Enterprise AI Assistants
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
The vulnerability affects 'AI Magic', which is named as an AI tool and fits the profile of an enterprise AI assistant or platform based on the naming convention.

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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Why these techniques?

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability enables privilege escalation, directly mapping to T1068: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation.

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.

AC-1 Policy and Procedures
addresses: CWE-266

Designation of a manager and policy dissemination ensures privileges are assigned according to defined roles.

AC-13 Supervision and Review — Access Control
addresses: CWE-266

Regular reviews catch incorrect privilege assignments to users, roles, or processes.

AC-2 Account Management
addresses: CWE-266

Explicitly specifying privileges and group/role memberships for accounts reduces the risk of incorrect privilege assignments.

AC-5 Separation of Duties
addresses: CWE-266

The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.

AC-6 Least Privilege
addresses: CWE-266

Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.

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