VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-6759

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-08-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

When mounting a remote filesystem using NFS, the kernel did not sanitize remotely provided filenames for the path separator character, "/". This allows readdir(3) and related functions to return filesystem entries with names containing additional path components. The lack of validation described above gives rise to a confused deputy problem. For example, a program copying files from an NFS mount could be tricked into copying from outside the intended source directory, and/or to a location outside the intended destination directory.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-22

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