CVE-2024-34517Network attack vector

Admin-only protected privilege alteration via broken IMMUTABLE enforcement

Published May 7, 2024 · Updated Jul 23, 2025

Privilege-management flaw in Neo4j Graph Database Enterprise 5.0.0 through 5.18 allows remote authenticated users to alter immutable privileges. The Cypher component fails to preserve IMMUTABLE semantics, under which a granted or denied privilege cannot later be removed; Neo4j has not disclosed the affected command path or incorrect check. Reachability requires legitimate administrator privileges, and the reported impact is confined to unauthorized data access or modification without service interruption.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.63%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege-management flaw in Neo4j Graph Database Enterprise 5.0.0 through 5.18 allows remote authenticated users to alter immutable privileges. The Cypher component fails to preserve IMMUTABLE semantics, under which a granted or denied privilege cannot later be removed; Neo4j has not disclosed the affected command path or incorrect check. Reachability requires legitimate administrator privileges, and the reported impact is confined to unauthorized data access or modification without service interruption.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-34517
Published
May 7, 2024
Updated
Jul 23, 2025
Vendor
Neo4j
Product
Neo4j Graph Database
Classifications
CWE-471, T1098
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 7, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.0.0 <5.19
  2. Affected versionversion=5.0.0 <=5.19.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Neo4j · Neo4j Graph Databaseversion=5.0.0 <5.19; version=5.0.0 <=5.19.0

Published CVSS scores

6.5MITRECVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-471Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)
T1098Account Manipulation

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