# CVE-2024-0455

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-0455
- **Severity:** CRITICAL
- **CVSS Score:** 9.9 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-918
- **Published:** Feb 25, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

The inclusion of the web scraper for AnythingLLM means that any user with the proper authorization level (manager, admin, and when in single user) could put in the URL
```
http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/identity-credentials/ec2/security-credentials/ec2-instance
```
which is a special IP and URL that resolves only when the request comes from within an EC2 instance. This would allow the user to see the connection/secret credentials for their specific instance and be able to manage it regardless of who deployed it.

The user would have to have pre-existing knowledge of the hosting infra which the target instance is deployed on, but if sent - would resolve if on EC2 and the proper `iptable` or firewall rule is not configured for their setup.

## Affected Products

- mintplex-labs — mintplex-labs/anything-llm (unspecified)

## References

- [CNA](https://huntr.com/bounties/07d83b49-7ebb-40d2-83fc-78381e3c5c9c)
- [CNA](https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/commit/b2b2c2afe15c48952d57b4d01e7108f9515c5f55)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.81%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 54.8

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._