CVE-2024-9312

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 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: yes
Published: 2024-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-286

Description

Authd, through version 0.3.6, did not sufficiently randomize user IDs to prevent collisions. A local attacker who can register user names could spoof another user's ID and gain their privileges.

Affected products

Canonical authd: before 0.3.6 — fixed in 0.3.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Canonical authd 0.3.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/ubuntu/authd/security/advisories/GHSA-4gfw-wf7c-w6g2
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9312

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