# CVE-2024-40465: Beego privilege escalation vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-40465-beego-privilege-escalation-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-07-31  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-40465 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-07-31

Beego privilege escalation vulnerability

Technologies: [github.com/beego/beego/v2 (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-beego-beego-v2). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-40465 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-40465 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-40465?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 31 July 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/beego/beego/v2 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.2.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-40465?** Yes. github.com/beego/beego/v2 (Go): upgrade to 2.2.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-40465?** Check whether you run github.com/beego/beego/v2 (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/beego/beego/v2 (Go): upgrade to 2.2.1 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/beego/beego/v2@v2.2.1
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/beego/beego/v2 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.2.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-40465
- GHSA-wr3p-r5fj-wf97

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