CVE-2024-9431: Superagi Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2024-9431 Overview

CVE-2024-9431 is an improper privilege management vulnerability in transformeroptimus/superagi version v0.0.14. Authenticated users can change the passwords of other user accounts, enabling full account takeover. The flaw stems from missing authorization checks on the password-change functionality, which fails to verify that the requesting user owns the target account. Exploitation requires only low-privilege authenticated access over the network and results in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the target accounts. The issue is tracked under CWE-620: Unverified Password Change.

Critical Impact
Any authenticated SuperAGI user can reset another user's password and hijack their account, including higher-privileged accounts.

Affected Products

transformeroptimus/superagi version 0.0.14
SuperAGI self-hosted deployments running the affected release
Any downstream fork or container image based on SuperAGI v0.0.14

Discovery Timeline

2025-03-20 - CVE-2024-9431 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-9431

Vulnerability Analysis

SuperAGI is an open-source autonomous AI agent framework that includes multi-user authentication for managing agents, tools, and API keys. In version v0.0.14, the password-change endpoint accepts a target user identifier and a new password from any authenticated session. The server updates the target record without confirming that the caller is the account owner or an administrator. This behavior maps to CWE-620: Unverified Password Change, where a password reset occurs without validating the requester's authority or requiring the existing password. An attacker with any valid SuperAGI login can pivot to accounts that hold API keys, agent configurations, or organization-level privileges.

Root Cause

The root cause is a missing authorization check in the password-update handler. The endpoint trusts a client-supplied user identifier and does not compare it against the authenticated session identity. It also does not require re-authentication with the current password before applying the change. As a result, the least-privilege principle is violated and horizontal and vertical privilege escalation become possible.

Attack Vector

The attack is remote and network-based. An attacker registers or obtains any low-privilege SuperAGI account, authenticates, and submits a password-change request specifying a victim's user identifier and a new password. No user interaction from the victim is required. After the change, the attacker logs in as the victim and inherits all associated permissions, agents, and stored secrets. See the Huntr Vulnerability Report for the disclosed reproduction details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-9431

Indicators of Compromise

Password-change API requests where the authenticated session user does not match the target user identifier in the request body.
Successful logins from new IP addresses or user agents immediately following a password-change event.
Multiple password-change events initiated by a single low-privilege account against distinct target users within a short time window.
Unexpected modifications to agent configurations, tool credentials, or API keys owned by administrative users.

Detection Strategies

Enable verbose audit logging on SuperAGI authentication and account-management endpoints, then alert on cross-user password changes.
Correlate password-change events with subsequent login sessions to identify takeover patterns.
Baseline normal user behavior for the SuperAGI application and flag deviations such as one account modifying many others.

Monitoring Recommendations

Forward SuperAGI application logs and reverse-proxy access logs to a centralized SIEM for retention and correlation.
Monitor outbound traffic from the SuperAGI host for exfiltration of OpenAI or vendor API keys after suspicious password changes.
Track administrative account logins and alert on any password reset that was not initiated through an approved workflow.

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-9431

Immediate Actions Required

Upgrade SuperAGI to a release later than v0.0.14 that enforces authorization on the password-change endpoint.
Force a password reset for all SuperAGI users and rotate any API keys, tokens, or agent credentials stored in the platform.
Restrict network exposure of the SuperAGI web interface to trusted networks or place it behind an authenticating reverse proxy.
Review audit logs for unauthorized password-change activity dating back to the initial deployment of v0.0.14.

Patch Information

No vendor advisory URL is listed in the NVD entry. Consult the upstream transformeroptimus/superagi repository for releases newer than 0.0.14 and review commit history against the password-change handler. Details of the disclosure are documented in the Huntr Vulnerability Report.

Workarounds

Apply a reverse-proxy rule that blocks password-change requests where the target user identifier does not match the authenticated session claim.
Disable self-service password change in SuperAGI and require administrators to perform resets out-of-band until a patched version is deployed.
Limit account creation to a small set of trusted operators to reduce the pool of attackers who can reach the vulnerable endpoint.

bash

# Example NGINX rule to block cross-user password changes
# Adjust path and JSON field names to match your SuperAGI deployment
location /api/users/update_preferences {
    if ($request_method = POST) {
        # Require an internal header set only by the auth layer after ownership check
        if ($http_x_verified_owner != "true") { return 403; }
    }
    proxy_pass http://superagi_backend;
}