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🛡️ CVE-2024-41265 — cortex

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

cortex establishes TLS connections with InsecureSkipVerify set to true

A TLS certificate verification issue discovered in cortex v0.42.1 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via the makeOperatorRequest function.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Affected software

CVE-2024-41265 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • github.com/cortexlabs/cortex
  • github.com/cortexproject/cortex
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 6 August 2024 and last revised on 3 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
gist.github.com (Web)

Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-08-06
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-03-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/cortexlabs/cortex — —
github.com/cortexproject/cortex — —
unknown — —

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