CVE-2024-9050
Networkmanager-libreswan: local privilege escalation via leftupdown
02 Description
Networkmanager-libreswan: local privilege escalation via leftupdown
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.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-26.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-10-22 12:14Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-06-25 23:57Z4 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-09-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- aa6427f6d02beb1645ad04bb4a7ed18839f8977bc0f64cbc09e9474012bded83
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:8312https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8312
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:8338https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8338
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:8352https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8352
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:8353https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8353
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:8354https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8354
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:8355https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8355
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:8356https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8356
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:8357https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8357
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:8358https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8358
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:9555https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9555
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:9556https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9556
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9050
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2313828https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313828
- gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-libreswan/-/commit/dcf8acfb25bd31e4b8cbd20c229da660238b5c1b
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/25/1
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/25/1
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- NetworkManager-libreswan Fixed in 1.2.10-7.el8_10
- NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome Fixed in 1.2.10-7.el8_10
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 9
- NetworkManager-libreswan Fixed in 1.2.22-4.el9_5
- NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome Fixed in 1.2.22-4.el9_5
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- NetworkManager-libreswan Fixed in 1.2.10-7.el8_10
- NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome Fixed in 1.2.10-7.el8_10
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- NetworkManager-libreswan Fixed in 1.2.22-4.el9_5
- NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome Fixed in 1.2.22-4.el9_5
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.