{"id":"CVE-2024-34517","title":"The Cypher component in Neo4j 5.0.0 through 5.18 mishandles IMMUTABLE privileges in some situations where an attacker already has admin access.","summary":"The Cypher component in Neo4j 5.0.0 through 5.18 mishandles IMMUTABLE privileges in some situations where an attacker already has admin access.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-471"],"vendor":"neo4j","product":"neo4j","affected":["neo4j >= 5.0.0, < 5.19.0"],"patched":["neo4j 5.19.0"],"published":"2024-05-07","updated":"2026-08-28","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34517","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p343-9qwp-pqxv","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/wiki/Neo4j-5-changelog#cypher","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://neo4j.com/security/cve-2024-34517/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://trust.neo4j.com","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p343-9qwp-pqxv","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/wiki/Neo4j-5-changelog#cypher","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://neo4j.com/security/cve-2024-34517/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://trust.neo4j.com","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00625,"epssPercentile":0.48648,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-28T16:22:13.574Z","slug":"CVE-2024-34517","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Cypher component in Neo4j 5.0.0 through 5.18 mishandles IMMUTABLE privileges in some situations where an attacker already has admin access.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `neo4j >= 5.0.0, < 5.19.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `neo4j 5.19.0`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}