Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-24769 affects vantage6 before 5.0.0. A user who already has the correct password can trigger unlimited MFA reset emails. The main business risk is nuisance email flooding and possible SMTP reputation impact, not data theft or system takeover. The vendor rates impact very low and fixed it in 5.0.0.
Executive priority
Handle through normal patch management unless your environment has sensitive SMTP reputation concerns or visible reset-email abuse. This is low severity and not known to be actively exploited, but upgrading prevents avoidable disruption and mail-system side effects.
Technical view
vantage6 MFA reset API routes could send reset emails without rate limiting before version 5.0.0. The issue is classified as CWE-400 resource consumption. CVSS 4.0 score is 2.1, with network access, low complexity, present attack requirements, and high privileges required. The advisory notes MFA reset requires a correct password.
Likely exposure
Organizations running vantage6 versions earlier than 5.0.0 with email-based MFA reset functionality are potentially exposed. Exposure is narrower because the action requires the correct password for the targeted account, according to the advisory.
Exploitation context
No cited source reports active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided data. Practical impact is limited to mailbox flooding and possible SMTP sender reputation problems. The attacker must satisfy authentication-related prerequisites rather than exploit an unauthenticated remote takeover path.
Researcher notes
The available sources describe missing rate limiting on MFA reset email routes and state no known workarounds. Avoid assuming broader authentication bypass or account compromise. Useful follow-up is code or configuration review confirming rate limiting behavior after 5.0.0.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade vantage6 to version 5.0.0 or later.
- Review vendor advisory and release notes for deployment-specific guidance.
- Monitor SMTP logs for abnormal MFA reset email volume.
- If upgrade is delayed, assess mail gateway throttling options cautiously.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployed vantage6 versions and identify instances below 5.0.0.
- Confirm whether MFA reset email functionality is enabled.
- Review SMTP logs for repeated MFA reset messages to individual recipients.
- Verify the 5.0.0 upgrade is applied in production and relevant environments.
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- Low
- CVSS
- 2.1 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——GitHub_MVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
2.1LowVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-5549-c5q7-fj65CVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/issues/1932CVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/main/docs/release_notes.rst#500CVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_MISC
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