Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. In affected versions missing validation in `ApRequestService.signedGet` allows an attacker to create fake user profiles that appear to be from a different instance than the one where they actually exist. These profiles can be used to impersonate existing users from the target instance. Vulnerable Misskey instances will accept spoofed users as valid, allowing an attacker to impersonate users on another instance. Attackers have full control of the spoofed user and can post, renote, or otherwise interact like a real account. This issue has been addressed in version 2024.11.0-alpha.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-46198 Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. In affected versions missing validation in `ApRequestService.signedGet` allows an attacker to create fake user profiles that appear to be from a different instance than the one where they actually exist. These profiles can be used to impersonate existing users from the target instance. Vulnerable Misskey instances will accept spoofed users as valid, allowing an attacker to impersonate users on another instance. Attackers have full control of the spoofed user and can post, renote, or otherwise interact like a real account. This issue has been addressed in version 2024.11.0-alpha.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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History

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Misskey
Misskey misskey
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:misskey:misskey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:misskey:misskey:2024.11.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:misskey:misskey:2024.11.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:misskey:misskey:2024.11.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:misskey:misskey:2024.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:misskey:misskey:2024.8.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:misskey:misskey:2024.8.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Misskey
Misskey misskey
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00129}

epss

{'score': 0.00139}


Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0000

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Description Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. In affected versions missing validation in `ApRequestService.signedGet` allows an attacker to create fake user profiles that appear to be from a different instance than the one where they actually exist. These profiles can be used to impersonate existing users from the target instance. Vulnerable Misskey instances will accept spoofed users as valid, allowing an attacker to impersonate users on another instance. Attackers have full control of the spoofed user and can post, renote, or otherwise interact like a real account. This issue has been addressed in version 2024.11.0-alpha.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Title Missing validation allows spoofed profiles in Misskey
Weaknesses CWE-20
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-12-19T16:59:27.043Z

Reserved: 2024-11-14T15:05:46.767Z

Link: CVE-2024-52590

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Updated: 2024-12-19T16:59:21.300Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-12-18T20:15:23.527

Modified: 2025-11-26T15:48:13.687

Link: CVE-2024-52590

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