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CVE-2024-40465

Beego privilege escalation vulnerability

8.8 HighFix available

An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the getCacheFileName function in file.go file

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.43%Up 0.4 points since Aug 1, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the getCacheFileName function in file.go file

Record
CVE-2024-40465
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-327, CWE-328
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 8.8

An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the getCacheFileName function in file.go file

Record
CVE-2024-40465
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-327, CWE-328
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-2441 8.8

An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the getCacheFileName function in file.go file

Record
EUVD-2024-2441
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wr3p-r5fj-wf97 8.7

Beego privilege escalation vulnerability

An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the getCacheFileName function in the file.go file.

Record
GHSA-wr3p-r5fj-wf97
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-327, CWE-328
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the getCacheFileName function in file.go file

Record
CVE-2024-40465
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-wr3p-r5fj-wf97 8.7

Beego privilege escalation vulnerability

An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the getCacheFileName function in the file.go file.

Record
GHSA-wr3p-r5fj-wf97
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-327, CWE-328
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/beego/beego/v2
Go
 before 2.2.1
2.2.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-40465 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Beego, published July 31, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. Fixed in github.com/beego/beego/v2 2.2.1.

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