Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does…
Priority LOW 26Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not time out connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused connections) by opening a connection and not closing it.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01397 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-2243
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8qr4-8vg8-vqvr
More Akfingerd vulnerabilities
- TI-2002-02186 akfingerd 0.5 allows local users to read arbitrary files as the akfingerd user (nobody)… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1
- TI-2002-02156 Akfingerd 0.5 and earlier versions allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash)… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1
Sources
- CVE-2002-2243 · CVE Program
- CVE-2002-2243 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8qr4-8vg8-vqvr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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