GHSA-7c6p-848j-wh5h: composer/composer (CVE-2024-24821)

Composer code execution and possible privilege escalation via compromised InstalledVersions.php or installed.php

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.0028 · 20th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 8 Feb 2024, 15:06 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
composer/composer	Packagist	>=2.0.0-alpha1, <2.2.23 \|\| >=2.3.0-rc1, <2.7.0	2.2.23, 2.7.0

Identifiers

GHSA-7c6p-848j-wh5h · BIT-composer-2024-24821 · CVE-2024-24821 · PKSA-jn72-4kr8-gj3h

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-829

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (GitHub_M)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0028, the 20th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

8 Feb 2024, 14:12 UTC Published by the maintainers as a GitHub repository advisory
31 Oct 2026, 14:03 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 14:03 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.