CVE-2024-4701

CRITICAL LAB

Genie < 4.3.18 - Path Traversal and Remote Code Execution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2024-4701. PoCs published by JoeBeeton, JinhyukKo.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates CVE-2024-4701 by exploiting a vulnerability in Netflix Genie 4.3.0 via a malicious library upload. The payload is sent via netcat to the Genie app running in Docker, triggering execution upon container login.

Description

A path traversal issue potentially leading to remote code execution in Genie for all versions prior to 4.3.18

Exploits (2)

nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars
by JoeBeeton · poc
https://github.com/JoeBeeton/CVE-2024-4701-POC

This PoC demonstrates CVE-2024-4701 by exploiting a vulnerability in Netflix Genie 4.3.0 via a malicious library upload. The payload is sent via netcat to the Genie app running in Docker, triggering execution upon container login.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Netflix Genie 4.3.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Docker environment with Genie 4.3.0 running · Netcat installed · Malicious library payload
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by JinhyukKo · poc
https://github.com/JinhyukKo/CVE-2024-4701-POC

This PoC exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in Netflix Genie's job submission API to overwrite critical system files (e.g., /etc/ld.so.preload) via malicious multipart form uploads, enabling arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Netflix Genie (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target API endpoint · Ability to send multipart form requests · Presence of the vulnerable Genie instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 9.9
EPSS 0.1983
EPSS Percentile 95.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Lab Environment

COMMUNITY
Community Lab
docker pull netflixoss/genie-app:4.3.0
docker pull netflixoss/genie-demo-apache:4.3.0
docker pull netflixoss/genie-demo-client:4.3.0
docker pull sequenceiq/hadoop-docker:2.7.1
docker pull trinodb/trino:374

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
com.netflix.genie/genie-web 0 - 4.3.18Maven
Netflix/Genie < 4.3.18
Published May 14, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026