6.5Medium
Neo4j Neo4j
CVE-2024-34517
The Cypher component in Neo4j 5.0.0 through 5.18 mishandles IMMUTABLE privileges in some situations where an attacker already has admin access.
What this means for your business
- It affects Neo4j. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Neo4j, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-471
- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2024-05-07
- Last modified
- 2026-08-28
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Neo4j Neo4j5.0.0 - 5.19.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- 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/
- 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/