CVE-2024-34517 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Cypher component in Neo4j 5.0.0 through 5.18 mishandles IMMUTABLE privileges in some situations where an attacker already has admin access.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Neo4j	Neo4j

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:neo4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p343-9qwp-pqxv
https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/wiki/Neo4j-5-changelog#cypher
https://neo4j.com/security/cve-2024-34517/
https://trust.neo4j.com

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-269

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	The Cypher component in Neo4j between v.5.0.0 and v.5.19.0 mishandles IMMUTABLE	The Cypher component in Neo4j 5.0.0 through 5.18 mishandles IMMUTABLE privileges in some situations where an attacker already has admin access.
Weaknesses		CWE-471

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:neo4j:5.0.0:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Neo4j Neo4j neo4j
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:neo4j::::::::
Vendors & Products		Neo4j Neo4j neo4j
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T14:33:17.720Z

Reserved: 2024-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-34517

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:51:11.588Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-07T18:15:08.467

Modified: 2025-03-25T15:15:21.807

Link: CVE-2024-34517

Redhat

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