CVE-2024-56433

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

3.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-12-26 00:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-12-27 14:48Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-12-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.6)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-1188Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure DefaultBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

868a609f2bb6919412ffe16d4768d2e056cd2e47ce59bc6792b2a342dbc94029

• github.comhttps://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/1157
• github.comhttps://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/blob/e2512d5741d4a44bdd81a8c2d0029b6222728cf0/etc/login.defs#L238-L241
• github.comhttps://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/tag/4.4