CVE-2024-37408

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

fprintd through 1.94.3 lacks a security attention mechanism, and thus unexpected actions might be authorized by "auth sufficient pam_fprintd.so" for Sudo. NOTE: the supplier disputes this because they believe issue resolution would involve modifying the PAM configuration to restrict pam_fprintd.so to front-ends that implement a proper attention mechanism, not modifying pam_fprintd.so or fprintd.

Affected products

Libfprint Fprintd: through 1.94.3

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/13/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/14/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/14/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/14/3
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/-/releases
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fprint/2024-May/001231.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/3
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/13/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/13/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/14/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/14/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/14/3

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