CVE-2024-54840

Q: How do I fix CVE-2024-54840?

Upgrade privileged access manager to 14.4 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2024-54840 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-54840 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.16% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 5% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2024-54840?

CVE-2024-54840 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.2, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2024-54840 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for privileged access manager (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

4.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

PVWA (Password Vault Web Access) in CyberArk Privileged Access Manager Self-Hosted before 14.4 does not properly address environment issues that can contribute to Host header injection.

CWE-348

How to fix

Remediation Available

privileged access managerNVD

Affected:< 14.4Fixed in:14.4CVE-2024-54840derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

gist.github.com

Release Notes1

docs.cyberark.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2025-59951	Critical	9.1	4.7%	-	-
CVE-2022-31813	Critical	9.8	3.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-45410	Critical	9.8	1.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-21373	High	7.5	1.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-21374	High	8.1	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-2255	High	7.5	0.7%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2024-54840?

Upgrade privileged access manager to 14.4 or later.

Is CVE-2024-54840 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-54840 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.16% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 5% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2024-54840?

CVE-2024-54840 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.2, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2024-54840 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for privileged access manager (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-03-14.