01 Record
CVE-2024-8158
User impersonation for lib9p based 9p fileservers
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: 9front
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/AU:N/V:C/RE:L/U:Red
02 Description
User impersonation for lib9p based 9p fileservers
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:X/V:C/RE:L/U:Red
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-08-25 21:31Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-26 15:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-08-25
- Assigning CNA
- 9front
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/AU:N/V:C/RE:L/U:Red
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled KeyBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 38e1ff36f08cd96ead60f4db0c346bbc2d36cf56058ead7bbc44d03bb7ae9ea5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
07 Remediation
Update 9front to at least commit 9645ae07eb66a59015e3e118d0024790c37400da and follow these update instructions: 1. Make and install the now patched version of lib9p. 2. Make and install the new patched version of hjfs. 3. Make and install the kernel to include the patched hjfs within the kernel's paqfs.