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Apache OFBiz Incorrect Authorization

Apache OFBiz

Apache OFBiz contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that could allow remote code execution via a Groovy payload in the context of the OFBiz user process by an unauthenticated attacker. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-08-27.

Why this severity: CVSS 8.1 (v3.1, CISA-ADP), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Aug 5, 2024
Closed: Aug 27, 2024
CVE: CVE-2024-38856

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Updated Aug 27, 2024

Affected

See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline2

Aug 27, 2024
CISA added CVE-2024-38856 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-09-17)
Source
Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2024-38856 published
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Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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