CVE-2024-34517 (GCVE-0-2024-34517)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-23 03:55
VLAI
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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-471 - Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Neo4j Neo4j Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.19 (custom)
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