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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-24401

Magento versions 2.4.0 and 2.3.5p1 (and earlier) are affected by an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A user can still access resources provisioned under their old role after an administrator removes the role or disables the user's account.

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CVE-2020-24401
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1 Nov 2026, 05:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-24401

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Nov 2020, 01:15 UTC

Magento versions 2.4.0 and 2.3.5p1 (and earlier) are affected by an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A user can still access resources provisioned under their old role after an administrator removes the role or disables the user's account.

osv:CVE-2020-24401
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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