CVE-2024-46508
Published: 08 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2024-46508 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Yeti-Platform Yeti. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 43.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.
NVD Description
yeti-platform yeti before 2.1.12 allows attackers to generate valid JWT tokens is the secret is not changed (by setting YETI_AUTH_SECRET_KEY to a value other than SECRET).
Deeper analysisAI
Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.
Details
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