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CVE-2024-0068· NVD / CVE Program· CNA HYPR

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on MacOS allows File Manipulation.This

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on MacOS allows File Manipulation.This issue affects Workforce Access: before 8.7.1.

HighCVSS 7.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

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Published
Feb 29, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 9th percentile
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Action score

28

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.1
CNA · HYPR
5.5
1.6 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
hyprworkforce access
applemacos

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • hypr workforce accessbefore 8.7.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (HYPR). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • HYPR Workforce Access

    • before 8.7.1affected · patch

Same product

hypr: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-0834Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on MacOS allows Privilege Escalation.This issue
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2022-3258Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on Windows allows Authentication Abuse.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-6336Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on MacOS allows User-Controlled Filena
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-6335Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on Windows allows User-Controlled File
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-6334Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on Windows allows Overflow Bu
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2022-1984This issue affects: HYPR Windows WFA versions prior to 7.2; Unsafe Deserialization vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access (WFA) before versi
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
HYPR Workforce Access8.7.1Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2023-633544 days apartImproper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on Windows allows User-Controlled File
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-633644 days apartImproper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on MacOS allows User-Controlled Filena
    31Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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