Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A high-severity flaw may expose sensitive information in listed Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central releases. Successful exploitation could also have serious integrity and availability consequences according to Microsoft’s CVSS vector. Exploitation is constrained by high complexity, low privileges, and user interaction.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority remediation for organizations running the listed releases, especially where Business Central contains sensitive operational or financial data. Prompt inventory and vendor-guided updating are warranted, but the supplied evidence does not support declaring an active exploitation emergency.
Technical view
CVE-2024-21380 is classified as CWE-200 and scored 8.0 under CVSS 3.1. The vector indicates network access, high attack complexity, low privileges, required user interaction, changed scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The supplied sources do not describe the vulnerable component or attack mechanism.
Likely exposure
Potential exposure is limited by the supplied evidence to Business Central 2022 Wave 2 version 21.0.0, 2023 Wave 1 version 22.0.0, and 2023 Wave 2 version 23.0.0. Although NAV appears in the title, no specific NAV versions are identified.
Exploitation context
The supplied bundle reports no CISA KEV listing, and no cited source establishes active exploitation. The CVSS vector characterizes exploitation as network-based but requiring low privileges, user interaction, and high attack complexity. Public exploit availability is not established by the supplied evidence.
Researcher notes
The source bundle provides a score, vector, affected versions, and vendor advisory, but no root cause, vulnerable component, exploitation method, or named update package. The broad impact metrics appear stronger than the information-disclosure title alone; researchers should defer to Microsoft’s advisory rather than infer undocumented behavior.
Mitigation direction
- Review Microsoft’s advisory for the applicable security update and deployment requirements.
- Apply the vendor-provided update to confirmed affected installations using normal change controls.
- Restrict unnecessary network access to Business Central while remediation is pending.
- Reduce unneeded user privileges and monitor access to sensitive Business Central data.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Business Central release waves and exact installed versions.
- Compare each installation against Microsoft’s current CVE-2024-21380 advisory.
- Confirm the applicable vendor update is installed successfully on affected systems.
- Review relevant authentication and application logs for unusual access involving low-privileged accounts.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C1.36microsoftVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability timeline
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- Microsoft Dynamics Business Central/NAV Information Disclosure VulnerabilityCVE reference, microsoft · vendor-advisory, patch
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CWE details
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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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