Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-8954

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 20 March 2025

Published
20 March 2025
Modified
15 July 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0026 49.4th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-8954 is a critical-severity Missing Critical Step in Authentication (CWE-304) vulnerability in Composio Composio. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 49.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In composiohq/composio version 0.5.10, the API does not validate the `x-api-key` header's value during the authentication step. This vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass authentication by providing any random value in the `x-api-key` header, thereby gaining unauthorized access to the…

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CWE(s)
CWE-304

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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.
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Why these techniques?

The API authentication bypass via unvalidated x-api-key header enables exploitation of a public-facing application to gain unauthorized server access.

Affected Assets

composio
composio
0.5.10

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.

IA-8 Identification and Authentication (Non-organizational Users)
addresses: CWE-304

Ensures the authentication process is followed for non-organizational users, avoiding missing critical steps.

References