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CVE-2024-31636
low
CVSS 3.9
Vulnerability in lief (CVE-2024-31636)
Summary
vulnerability in lief (CVE-2024-31636). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `0.15.0` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2024-31636** has been found in lief.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.9/10.
What to do: upgrade lief to **0.15.0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "lief CVE-2024-31636" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-31636 (lief) — CWE-457 / CVSS v3 3.9
Attack vector: local
Patched: `0.15.0` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-457) exists in lief.
📍 Affected scope
lief — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.9/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **0.15.0**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'lief' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'lief' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `lief` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade lief to 0.15.0ステージング環境で 0.15.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
lief
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.14.1"}]}]
pip
lief
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.15.0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31636
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-377p-g8gr-5wpg
- exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- web af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- web af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- web https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/commit/307e113f8e00b034f0a5f1baa33e54d636c52ea3
- web https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/lief/PYSEC-2024-280.yaml