CVE-2024-12839
Changing Information Technology CGFIDO - Authentication Bypass
The login mechanism via device authentication of CGFIDO from Changing Information Technology has an Authentication Bypass vulnerability. If a user visits a forged website, the agent program deployed on their device will send an authentication signature to the website. An unauthenticated remote attacker who obtains this signature can use it to log into the system with any device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Changing Information Technology CGFIDO - Authentication Bypass
The login mechanism via device authentication of CGFIDO from Changing Information Technology has an Authentication Bypass vulnerability. If a user visits a forged website, the agent program deployed on their device will send an authentication signature to the website. An unauthenticated remote attacker who obtains this signature can use it to log into the system with any device.
- Record
CVE-2024-12839- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-294
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-51140
The login mechanism via device authentication of CGFIDO from Changing Information Technology has an Authentication Bypass vulnerability. If a user visits a forged website, the agent program deployed on their device will send an authentication signature to the website. An unauthenticated remote attacker who obtains this signature can use it to log into the system with any device.
- Record
EUVD-2024-51140- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c45v-xc5j-qr2x
The login mechanism via device authentication of CGFIDO from Changing Information Technology has...
The login mechanism via device authentication of CGFIDO from Changing Information Technology has an Authentication Bypass vulnerability. If a user visits a forged website, the agent program deployed on their device will send an authentication signature to the website. An unauthenticated remote attacker who obtains this signature can use it to log into the system with any device.
- Record
GHSA-c45v-xc5j-qr2x- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-294
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The login mechanism via device authentication of CGFIDO from Changing Information Technology has an Authentication Bypass vulnerability. If a user visits a forged website, the agent program deployed on their device will send an authentication signature to the website. An unauthenticated remote attacker who obtains this signature can use it to log into the system with any device.
- Record
CVE-2024-12839- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-294
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-12839 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Changing Information Technology Cgfido, published December 31, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.72%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.