CVE-2024-45313
Insecure default setting for Server Pro installed via Overleaf toolkit
Overleaf is a web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. When installing Server Pro using the Overleaf Toolkit from before 2024-07-17 or legacy docker-compose.yml from before 2024-08-28, the configuration for LaTeX compiles was insecure by default, requiring the administrator to enable the security features via a configuration setting (SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED in Toolkit, SANDBOXED_COMPILES in legacy docker-compose/custom deployments). If these security features are not enabled then users have access to the sharelatex container resources (filesystem, network, environment variables) when running compiles, leading to multiple file access vulnerabilities, either directly or via symlinks created during compiles. The setting has now been changed to be secure by default for new installs in the Toolkit and legacy docker-compose deployment. The Overleaf Toolkit has been updated to set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true by default for new installs. It is recommended that any existing installations using the previous default setting migrate to using sibling containers. Existing installations can set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true in config/overleaf.rc as a mitigation. In legacy docker-compose/custom deployments SANDBOXED_COMPILES=true should be used.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.4
Insecure default setting for Server Pro installed via Overleaf toolkit
Overleaf is a web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. When installing Server Pro using the Overleaf Toolkit from before 2024-07-17 or legacy docker-compose.yml from before 2024-08-28, the configuration for LaTeX compiles was insecure by default, requiring the administrator to enable the security features via a configuration setting (SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED in Toolkit, SANDBOXED_COMPILES in legacy docker-compose/custom deployments). If these security features are not enabled then users have access to the sharelatex container resources (filesystem, network, environment variables) when running compiles, leading to multiple file access vulnerabilities, either directly or via symlinks created during compiles. The setting has now been changed to be secure by default for new installs in the Toolkit and legacy docker-compose deployment. The Overleaf Toolkit has been updated to set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true by default for new installs. It is recommended that any existing installations using the previous default setting migrate to using sibling containers. Existing installations can set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true in config/overleaf.rc as a mitigation. In legacy docker-compose/custom deployments SANDBOXED_COMPILES=true should be used.
- Record
CVE-2024-45313- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-1188
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-41434
5.4
Overleaf is a web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. When installing Server Pro using the Overleaf Toolkit from before 2024-07-17 or legacy docker-compose.yml from before 2024-08-28, the configuration for LaTeX compiles was insecure by default, requiring the administrator to enable the security features via a configuration setting (SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED in Toolkit, SANDBOXED_COMPILES in legacy docker-compose/custom deployments). If these security features are not enabled then users have access to the sharelatex container resources (filesystem, network, environment variables) when running compiles, leading to multiple file access vulnerabilities, either directly or via symlinks created during compiles. The setting has now been changed to be secure by default for new installs in the Toolkit and legacy docker-compose deployment. The Overleaf Toolkit has been updated to set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true by default for new installs. It is recommended that any existing installations using the previous default setting migrate to using sibling containers. Existing installations can set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true in config/overleaf.rc as a mitigation. In legacy docker-compose/custom deployments SANDBOXED_COMPILES=true should be used.
- Record
EUVD-2024-41434- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
5.4
Overleaf is a web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. When installing Server Pro using the Overleaf Toolkit from before 2024-07-17 or legacy docker-compose.yml from before 2024-08-28, the configuration for LaTeX compiles was insecure by default, requiring the administrator to enable the security features via a configuration setting (SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED in Toolkit, SANDBOXED_COMPILES in legacy docker-compose/custom deployments). If these security features are not enabled then users have access to the sharelatex container resources (filesystem, network, environment variables) when running compiles, leading to multiple file access vulnerabilities, either directly or via symlinks created during compiles. The setting has now been changed to be secure by default for new installs in the Toolkit and legacy docker-compose deployment. The Overleaf Toolkit has been updated to set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true by default for new installs. It is recommended that any existing installations using the previous default setting migrate to using sibling containers. Existing installations can set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true in config/overleaf.rc as a mitigation. In legacy docker-compose/custom deployments SANDBOXED_COMPILES=true should be used.
- Record
CVE-2024-45313- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-1188
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.4
Insecure default setting for Server Pro installed via Overleaf toolkit
Overleaf is a web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. When installing Server Pro using the Overleaf Toolkit from before 2024-07-17 or legacy docker-compose.yml from before 2024-08-28, the configuration for LaTeX compiles was insecure by default, requiring the administrator to enable the security features via a configuration setting (SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED in Toolkit, SANDBOXED_COMPILES in legacy docker-compose/custom deployments). If these security features are not enabled then users have access to the sharelatex container resources (filesystem, network, environment variables) when running compiles, leading to multiple file access vulnerabilities, either directly or via symlinks created during compiles. The setting has now been changed to be secure by default for new installs in the Toolkit and legacy docker-compose deployment. The Overleaf Toolkit has been updated to set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true by default for new installs. It is recommended that any existing installations using the previous default setting migrate to using sibling containers. Existing installations can set SIBLING_CONTAINERS_ENABLED=true in config/overleaf.rc as a mitigation. In legacy docker-compose/custom deployments SANDBOXED_COMPILES=true should be used.
- Record
CVE-2024-45313- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1188, CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-45313 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Overleaf, published September 2, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/overleaf/overleaf/security/advisories/GHSA-m95q-g8qg-wgj4
github.com/overleaf/toolkit/commit/7a8401897b24777b47338452ff8d12e2fb6dd5ff
github.com/overleaf/overleaf/wiki/Server-Pro:-Sandboxed-Compiles
github.com/overleaf/toolkit/blob/master/doc/sandboxed-compiles.md
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/45xxx/CVE-2024-45313.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45313