CVE-2020-24406 — community-edition
LOWCVE-2020-24406 is a low-severity (CVSS 3.7) Information Exposure vulnerability in magento/community-edition. A fix is available for magento/community-edition — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Magento information disclosure vulnerability
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
When in maintenance mode, Magento version 2.4.0 and 2.3.4 (and earlier) are affected by an information disclosure vulnerability that could expose the installation path during build deployments. This information could be helpful to attackers if they are able to identify other exploitable vulnerabilities in the environment.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | 2.3.6composer require magento/community-edition:^2.3.6 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.0&&< 2.4.1 | 2.4.1composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.1 |
Affected Products
magentomagentoDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for magento/community-edition, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update magento/community-edition to 2.3.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-24406 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
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