# CVE-2024-36105: dbt allows Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address via socketsocket

- Also known as: GHSA-PMRX-695R-4349, PYSEC-2026-1292
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.15, 1.7.15, 1.8.1
- Published: 2024-05-27 · Updated: 2024-08-21

## Affected

- dbt-labs dbt-core: fixed in 1.6.15; from 1.7.0, fixed in 1.7.15
- dbt-core (PyPI): fixed in 1.6.15
- dbt-core (PyPI): from 1.7.0, fixed in 1.7.15
- dbt-core (PyPI): from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.8.1
- dbt-core (PyPI): fixed in 1.6.15; from 1.7.0, fixed in 1.7.15; from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.8.1

## Description

dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications. Prior to versions 1.6.15, 1.7.15, and 1.8.1, Binding to `INADDR_ANY (0.0.0.0)` or `IN6ADDR_ANY (::)` exposes an application on all network interfaces, increasing the risk of unauthorized access. As stated in the Python docs, a special form for address is accepted instead of a host address: `''` represents `INADDR_ANY`, equivalent to `"0.0.0.0"`. On systems with IPv6, '' represents `IN6ADDR_ANY`, which is equivalent to `"::"`. A user who serves docs on an unsecured public network, may unknowingly be hosting an unsecured (http) web site for any remote user/system to access on the same network. The issue has has been mitigated in dbt-core v1.6.15, dbt-core v1.7.15, and dbt-core v1.8.1 by binding to localhost explicitly by default in `dbt docs serve`.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dbt-labs dbt-core, dbt-core, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.15, 1.7.15, 1.8.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/security/advisories/GHSA-pmrx-695r-4349
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/10209
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/10208
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/commit/0c08d7a19ad1740be3cb0b2e6d9d64f6537176f7
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1327.html
- https://docs.python.org/3/library/socket.html#socket-families
- https://docs.securesauce.dev/rules/PY030
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/blob/main/core/dbt/task/docs/serve.py#L23C38-L23C39
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/releases/tag/v1.6.15
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/releases/tag/v1.7.15
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/releases/tag/v1.8.1

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