CVE-2024-21671
vantage6 username timing attack
The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). It is possible to find out usernames from the response time of login requests. This could aid attackers in credential attacks. Version 4.2.0 patches this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
3.7
vantage6 username timing attack
The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). It is possible to find out usernames from the response time of login requests. This could aid attackers in credential attacks. Version 4.2.0 patches this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-21671- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-208
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-0170
3.7
The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). It is possible to find out usernames from the response time of login requests. This could aid attackers in credential attacks. Version 4.2.0 patches this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2024-0170- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-45gq-q4xh-cp53
3.7
vantage6 vulnerable to username timing attack
Impact
It is possible to find out usernames from the response time of login requests. This could aid attackers in credential attacks
Workarounds
No
- Record
GHSA-45gq-q4xh-cp53- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-208
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
3.7
The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). It is possible to find out usernames from the response time of login requests. This could aid attackers in credential attacks. Version 4.2.0 patches this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-21671- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-208, CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
3.7
vantage6 username timing attack
The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). It is possible to find out usernames from the response time of login requests. This could aid attackers in credential attacks. Version 4.2.0 patches this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-21671- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-208
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-45gq-q4xh-cp53
3.7
vantage6 vulnerable to username timing attack
Impact
It is possible to find out usernames from the response time of login requests. This could aid attackers in credential attacks
Workarounds
No
- Record
GHSA-45gq-q4xh-cp53- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-208
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2024-31
3.7
The vantage6 technology enables to manage and deploy privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning (FL) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC). It is possible to find out usernames from the response time of login requests. This could aid attackers in credential attacks. Version 4.2.0 patches this vulnerability.
- Record
PYSEC-2024-31- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-2008
3.7
vantage6 vulnerable to username timing attack
Impact
It is possible to find out usernames from the response time of login requests. This could aid attackers in credential attacks
Workarounds
No
- Record
PYSEC-2026-2008- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
vantage6-serverPyPI |
before 4.2.0 | 4.2.0 |
vantage6-serverPyPI |
before 4.2.0, plus listed versions 0.0.00.0.0b00.0.0b10.0.0b31.0.0 Show 45 moreShow less1.0.0b111.0.0b121.0.0b131.0.0b141.0.0b21.0.0b31.0.0b41.0.0b51.0.0b61.0.0b71.0.0b81.0.0b91.0.11.2.01.2.11.2.21.2.31.2.3.post12.0.02.0.0.post12.0.0a12.0.0a22.0.0a32.0.1rc12.0.1rc22.1.02.1.0rc12.1.12.1.22.1.3b12.1.3b22.1.3b32.1.3b42.2.02.2.0b12.2.0b22.2.0b32.2.0b42.2.12.2.102.2.112.2.122.2.22.2.32.2.4 |
4.2.0 |
vantage6PyPI |
before 4.2.0, plus listed versions 0.0.00.0.0b00.0.0b10.0.0b31.0.0 Show 45 moreShow less1.0.0a11.0.0a21.0.0b101.0.0b111.0.0b121.0.0b131.0.0b141.0.0b21.0.0b31.0.0b41.0.0b51.0.0b61.0.0b71.0.0b81.0.0b91.1.01.1.0rc11.1.0rc21.2.01.2.11.2.21.2.31.2.3.post22.0.02.0.0.post12.0.0a12.0.0a22.0.0a32.0.1rc12.0.1rc22.1.02.1.0rc12.1.12.2.02.2.0b12.2.0b22.2.0b32.2.0b42.2.12.2.102.2.112.2.122.2.22.2.32.2.4 |
4.2.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-21671 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.7) in Vantage6, published January 30, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. Fixed in vantage6-server 4.2.0.
References
github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-45gq-q4xh-cp53
github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/389f416c445da4f2438c72f34c3b1084485c4e30
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21671
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vantage6/PYSEC-2024-31.yaml
github.com/advisories/GHSA-45gq-q4xh-cp53
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/21xxx/CVE-2024-21671.json
github.com/vantage6/vantage6
pypi.org/project/vantage6-server
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