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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-52586 · published 9 December 2024

CVE-2024-52586: Elabftw authentication bypass via alternate path vulnerability

Elabftw · Elabftw

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. A vulnerability has been found starting in version 4.6.0 and prior to version 5.1.0 that allows an attacker to bypass eLabFTW's built-in multifactor authentication mechanism. An attacker who can authenticate locally (by knowing or guessing the password of a user) can thus log in regardless of MFA requirements. This does not affect MFA that are performed by single sign-on services. Users are advised to upgrade to at least version 5.1.9 to receive a fix.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.21% · top 89.6% CWE-288 · Authentication bypass via alternate pathCWE-303 · CWE-303
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.21%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. A vulnerability has been found starting in version 4.6.0 and prior to version 5.1.0 that allows an attacker to bypass eLabFTW's built-in multifactor authentication mechanism. An attacker who can authenticate locally (by knowing or guessing the password of a user) can thus log in regardless of MFA requirements. This does not affect MFA that are performed by single sign-on services. Users are advised to upgrade to at least version 5.1.9 to receive a fix.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-pvxr-39g3-m28c MitigationVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-52586), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.