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Vulnerability record · public intelligence
CVE-2024-42351
MEDIUM

Possible Data Tampering & Loss of Public Datasets in Galaxy

Published Sep 20, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2026

Severity · CVSSMEDIUM · Not scored
Known exploitationNot listed
EPSS / likelihood0.45%
QFinch risk scoreNot available

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Nov 3, 2026

Possible Data Tampering & Loss of Public Datasets in Galaxy

Publisher and source text is retained separately from QFinch interpretation.

QFinch assessment

Galaxy is a free, open-source system for analyzing data, authoring workflows, training and education, publishing tools, managing infrastructure, and more. An attacker can potentially replace the contents of public datasets resulting in data loss or tampering. All supported branches of Galaxy (and more back to release_21.05) were amended with the below patch. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Evidence: public source records

Affected products

Affected scope reported by the available public evidence
Affected package, product or rangeFix status
Consult the referenced vendor advisory for affected versions.Consult source advisory

Matching a version is only one part of assessing exposure. QFinch has not assessed your environment on this public page.

Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

  1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
  3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
Review primary references

Evidence coverage

FIRST-EPSSCVE-LIST-V5
SSVC priority
LOW
Confidence
Not available
Aliases
None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

  1. Security advisory ↗
  2. https://depot.galaxyproject.org/patch/GX-2024-0001/022da344a02bafd604402ac8e253e0014f6e2e08.patch ↗
  3. https://depot.galaxyproject.org/patch/GX-2024-0001/15060a6cb222f2fcfc687d0f0260f1eb1b9c757b.patch ↗
  4. https://depot.galaxyproject.org/patch/GX-2024-0001/235f1d8b400708556732b9dda788c919ebf3bb80.patch ↗

Record history

Published Sep 20, 2024 · Last refreshed Nov 3, 2026