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CVE-2024-4701

Severity9.9 Critical CVSS 3.1
Fixed in4.3.18
WeaknessPath traversal (CWE-22)
Published14 May 2024
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

A path traversal issue potentially leading to remote code execution in Genie for all versions prior to 4.3.18

Exploitation status

Proof of concept only

A proof of concept exists, but no reviewed exploit catalogue lists this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: poc CISA recorded that an exploit has been demonstrated. Automatable: yes, technical impact: total.
  • Indexed PoC 2 indexed, none at 5+ stars
  • EPSS 25% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

2 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
GitHub PoC POC for CVE-2024-4701 2 2024-05-13
GitHub PoC JinhyukKo/CVE-2024-4701-POC 1 2025-09-12

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR path-traversal security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-22: Path Traversal.

How to mitigate CVE-2024-4701

Upgrade the affected software to 4.3.18 or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its path traversal rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
com.netflix.genie:genie-web 0 4.3.18 unbounded

Products and versions

1 product, 1 version entry
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv com.netflix.genie genie-web generic < 4.3.18

References

URLTags
https://github.com/Netflix/genie/security/advisories/GHSA-wpcv-5jgp-69f3 WEB
https://github.com/Netflix/genie/pull/1217 WEB
https://github.com/Netflix/genie/commit/6bad017d8078c94e80d6c6fe8abd693910bf55cf WEB
https://github.com/Netflix/genie PACKAGE
https://github.com/Netflix/genie/releases/tag/v4.3.18 WEB
https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/nflx-2024-001.md WEB

Timeline

Published2024-05-14By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.