🛡️ CVE-2024-8999 — lunary

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.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-8999 is classified as CWE-862: Missing Authorization. No authorisation check is performed before carrying out a restricted action.

Affected software

CVE-2024-8999 is recorded against 1 package.

• lunary (fixed in 1.4.26)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 March 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
huntr.com

Other advisories for this package

lunary has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-5386 (8.8 High, published 2 Feb 2026)
• CVE-2024-4147 (6.5 Medium, published 2 Feb 2026)
• CVE-2025-9803 (8.8 High, published 25 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-5352 (9.6 Critical, published 23 Aug 2025)
• CVE-2025-4779 (6.1 Medium, published 7 Jul 2025)
• CVE-2024-10275 (7.3 High, published 20 Mar 2025)
• CVE-2024-8763 (7.5 High, published 20 Mar 2025)
• CVE-2024-9095 (9.8 Critical, published 20 Mar 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-862: Missing Authorization) in other software:

• CVE-2014-0167 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-0932 (6.5 Medium, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-23752 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2024-24709 (4.3 Medium, published 17 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-32959 (4.3 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-25969 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-42479 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-45813 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)

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References