CVE-2024-34712
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2024-34712 is a path traversal vulnerability in the Oceanic Discord library for NodeJS. Attackers can manipulate input to functions like removeBan to perform unauthorized actions such as deleting Discord channels instead of removing bans. This affects applications using Oceanic versions before 1.10.4 that handle user-controlled input for Discord API operations.
💻 Affected Systems
- Oceanic Discord library
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could delete Discord channels, manage server settings, or perform other unauthorized Discord API operations depending on the vulnerable function being called.
Likely Case
Malicious users could delete channels or perform other unauthorized Discord operations by crafting specific input to vulnerable Oceanic functions.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and encoding, the vulnerability cannot be exploited and normal Discord operations proceed securely.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires knowledge of vulnerable functions and ability to craft path traversal payloads. No public exploit code has been released.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.10.4
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/OceanicJS/Oceanic/security/advisories/GHSA-5h5v-hw44-f6gg
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Update Oceanic package to version 1.10.4 or later using npm update oceanic. 2. Restart your NodeJS application. 3. Verify the update was successful.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input sanitization
allManually sanitize all user input before passing to Oceanic functions to ensure strings are valid for their intended purpose.
URI encoding
allEncode user input with encodeURIComponent() before providing it to vulnerable Oceanic functions.
const safeInput = encodeURIComponent(userInput);
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict input validation for all user-controlled data passed to Oceanic functions
- Apply network segmentation to limit the impact scope if exploitation occurs
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check package.json or run 'npm list oceanic' to see if version is below 1.10.4Check Version:
npm list oceanic | grep oceanicVerify Fix Applied:
Verify oceanic version is 1.10.4 or higher using 'npm list oceanic'📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected Discord API calls from your application
- Channel deletion events that don't match normal operations
Network Indicators:
- Unusual patterns of Discord API requests containing path traversal sequences
SIEM Query:
source="discord-api" AND (uri="*../*" OR action="channel_delete")🔗 References
- https://github.com/OceanicJS/Oceanic/commit/8bf8ee8373b8c565fbdbf70a609aba4fbc1a1ffe
- https://github.com/OceanicJS/Oceanic/security/advisories/GHSA-5h5v-hw44-f6gg
- https://github.com/OceanicJS/Oceanic/commit/8bf8ee8373b8c565fbdbf70a609aba4fbc1a1ffe
- https://github.com/OceanicJS/Oceanic/security/advisories/GHSA-5h5v-hw44-f6gg
