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CVE-2024-8509: Migration toolkit for virtualization: forklift-controller: empty bearer token may perform authentication

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

A vulnerability was found in Forklift Controller.  There is no verification against the authorization header except to ensure it uses bearer authentication. Without an Authorization header and some form of a Bearer token, a 401 error occurs. The presence of a token value provides a 200 response with the requested information.

Affected products

• Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.6: all versions — fixed in 2.6.6-2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.6 2.6.6-2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6487
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8509
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310406

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