---
id: "CVE-2024-39717"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2024-39717"]
title: "versa-networks versa director: The Versa Director GUI provides an option to customize the look and feel of the user interface"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.2
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "Versa Director", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "versa-networks versa director", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 21.2.2", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "versa-networks versa director", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 21.2.3", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "versa-networks versa director", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 22.1.1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "versa-networks versa director", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 22.1.2", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "versa-networks versa director", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 22.1.3", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "service-providers", "vendor", "versa-director"]
not_affected_if: ["no-provider-admin-users"]
published_at: "2024-08-22T19:15:09+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2024-39717", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39717", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"}]
---

# versa-networks versa director: The Versa Director GUI provides an option to customize the look and feel of the user interface

Versa Director's GUI lets administrators with Provider-Data-Center-Admin or Provider-Data-Center-System-Admin privileges upload a file through the Change Favicon feature, which only checks for a .png extension. An attacker with those admin roles can upload a malicious file disguised as a PNG, and CISA lists this flaw as actively exploited.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Versa Director affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:versa-networks versa director affected = 21.2.2 fixed ?
- vendor:versa-networks versa director affected = 21.2.3 fixed ?
- vendor:versa-networks versa director affected = 22.1.1 fixed ?
- vendor:versa-networks versa director affected = 22.1.2 fixed ?
- vendor:versa-networks versa director affected = 22.1.3 fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the mitigation per Versa's vendor instructions, or discontinue use of the product if no mitigation is available (per CISA required action).

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2024-39717
- 2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39717

## From the sources

The Versa Director GUI provides an option to customize the look and feel of the user interface. This option is only available for a user logged with Provider-Data-Center-Admin or Provider-Data-Center-System-Admin. (Tenant level users do not have this privilege). The “Change Favicon” (Favorite Icon) option can be mis-used to upload a malicious file ending with .png extension to masquerade as image file. This is possible only after a user with Provider-Data-Center-Admin or Provider-Data-Center-System-Admin has successfully authenticated and logged in.

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