CVE-2024-8260

OPA SMB Force-Authentication

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 30, 2024 at 12:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOpen Policy AgentOpen Policy Agent· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A SMB force-authentication vulnerability exists in all versions of OPA for Windows prior to v0.68.0. The vulnerability exists because of improper input validation, allowing a user to pass an arbitrary SMB share instead of a Rego file as an argument to OPA CLI or to one of the OPA Go library’s functions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.68.0
Affected range stops below 0.68.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
microsoft-windows (environment)
v < v0.68.0
Affected range stops below v0.68.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-294

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