CVE-2024-34517 (GCVE-0-2024-34517)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-23 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The Cypher component in Neo4j 5.0.0 through 5.18 mishandles IMMUTABLE privileges in some situations where an attacker already has admin access.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-22 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-471 - Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)
Assigner
References
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