🛡️ CVE-2024-54661 on Alpine 3.18 (Root.io) — rootio-socat

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-54661 as tracked by Alpine 3.18 (Root.io), for the package rootio-socat. The fix is available in version 1.7.4.4-r10071; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no 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 high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2024-54661 is classified as CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2024-54661 is recorded against 1 package.

• rootio-socat (fixed in 1.7.4.4-r10071)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 August 2025 and last revised on 13 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

rootio-socat has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-56123 (5.0 Medium, published 3 Jul 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-320-CVE-2024-54661 (published 12 Aug 2025)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-319-CVE-2024-54661 (published 12 Aug 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following) in other software:

• CVE-2026-47763 (published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-54574 (8.2 High, published 29 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-56748 (8.8 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-65010 (6.6 Medium, published 23 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-12080 (7.3 High, published 20 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-59674 (published 14 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-39822 (7.8 High, published 8 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-23968 (5.5 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-54661 on other distributions

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

Details

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