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Public proof of concept

CVE-2024-40442

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-09-23
  • WeaknessCWE-94

Am I affected?

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Description

An issue in Doccano Open source annotation tools for machine learning practitioners v.1.8.4 and Doccano Auto Labeling Pipeline module to annotate a document automatically v.0.1.23 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted REST Request.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-09-2317:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-40442?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-40442?format=csv
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Versions per branch

CISA-ADP
Doccano
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.8= 1.8.4no fix published
Doccano auto labeling pipeline
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.1= 0.1.23no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

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:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2024-09-23
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40442?

An issue in Doccano Open source annotation tools for machine learning practitioners v.1.8.4 and Doccano Auto Labeling Pipeline module to annotate a document automatically v.0.1.23 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted REST Request.

Is CVE-2024-40442 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-40442, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-40442?

CVE-2024-40442 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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