🛡️ CVE-2024-47191

🟠 CVSS 7.1 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD

7.1

CVSS Score

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Description

pam_oath.so in oath-toolkit 2.6.7 through 2.6.11 before 2.6.12 allows root privilege escalation because, in the context of PAM code running as root, it mishandles usersfile access, such as by calling fchown in the presence of a symlink.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-47191 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2024-47191 is recorded against 1 package.

unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 9 October 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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www.nongnu.org
www.openwall.com
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CVE-2024-47191 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 7.1

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

CWE CWE-22

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2024-10-09

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
unknown	—	—

References

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3235a52f6b87cd1c5da6508f421ac261f5e33a70

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3271139989fde35ab0163b558fc29e80c3a280e5

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/60d9902b5c20f27e70f8e9c816bfdc0467567e1a

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/95ef255e6a401949ce3f67609bf8aac2029db418

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/issues/43

https://security.opensuse.org/2024/10/04/oath-toolkit-vulnerability.html

https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/security/CVE-2024-47191

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/05/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/15/7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/17/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/18/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/18/2

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