CVE-2024-12225 | Io.quarkus:quarkus-security-webauthn: quarkus webauthn unexpected authentication bypass

A vulnerability was found in Quarkus in the quarkus-security-webauthn module. The Quarkus WebAuthn module publishes default REST endpoints for registering and logging users in while allowing developers to provide custom REST endpoints. When developers provide custom REST endpoints, the default endpoints remain accessible, potentially allowing attackers to obtain a login cookie that has no corresponding user in the Quarkus application or, depending on how the application is written, could correspond to an existing user that has no relation with the current attacker, allowing anyone to log in as an existing user by just knowing that user's user name.

Published: 2025-05-06 Last update: 2025-07-31 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-12225 is rated Moderate Risk (45.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-12225

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.35% 0.33% -0.02%
2 2026-06-14 0.52% 0.35% -0.17%
3 2026-04-11 0.52%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-12225

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 5.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-12225

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-12225

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12225

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-12225

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
quarkus quarkus < 3.15.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:quarkus:quarkus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-12225

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