VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-10041

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-10-23
Last modified2026-06-30
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-922
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-922

Primary references