CVE-2024-27920
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2024-03-15
- WeaknessCWE-78
Am I affected?
Debian, Ubuntu or Red Hat sometimes backport a fix without changing the upstream version number: such a version reads « to verify », never « affected ».With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.
Description
projectdiscovery/nuclei is a fast and customisable vulnerability scanner based on simple YAML based DSL. A significant security oversight was identified in Nuclei v3, involving the execution of unsigned code templates through workflows. This vulnerability specifically affects users utilizing custom workflows, potentially allowing the execution of malicious code on the user's system. This advisory outlines the impacted users, provides details on the security patch, and suggests mitigation strategies. The vulnerability is addressed in Nuclei v3.2.0. Users are strongly recommended to update to this version to mitigate the security risk. Users should refrain from using custom workflows if unable to upgrade immediately. Only trusted, verified workflows should be executed.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2024-03-1520:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-27920?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-27920?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
OSV · NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | OSV |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | OSV |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.x | ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.2.0 | 3.2.0 | NVD · OSV |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
Advisories and patches
- github.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Published
- 2024-03-15
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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