CVE-2024-12742

A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability exists in NI G Web Development Software that may result in arbitrary code execution.  Successful exploitation requires an attacker to get a user to open a specially crafted project file.  This vulnerability affects G Web Development Software 2022 Q3 and prior versions.

Weakness

The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.

Potential Mitigations

• Make fields transient to protect them from deserialization.
• An attempt to serialize and then deserialize a class containing transient fields will result in NULLs where the transient data should be. This is an excellent way to prevent time, environment-based, or sensitive variables from being carried over and used improperly.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/586.html

References

• https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-ni-g-web-deve.html