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CVE-2024-47191

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 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: 2024-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• Nongnu Oath Toolkit: from 2.6.7 before 2.6.12 — fixed in 2.6.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Nongnu Oath Toolkit 2.6.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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

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