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TI-2022-08770 Aliases CVE-2022-24976GHSA-3fv4-6wvg-x83x

Atheme IRC Services before 7.2.12, when used in conjunction with InspIRCd, allows…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Atheme IRC Services before 7.2.12, when used in conjunction with InspIRCd, allows authentication bypass by ending an IRC handshake at a certain point during a challenge-response login sequence.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01812 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2.0 to before 7.2.12VulnerableAtheme
  • cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.0 to before 7.2.12 Vulnerable ·Atheme

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-24976
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3fv4-6wvg-x83x

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

  • TI-2024-18288 Atheme 7.2.12 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /atheme/src/crypto-benchmark/main.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-04194 Memory leak in the login_user function in saslserv/main.c in saslserv/main.so in Atheme… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-03851 Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-07952 modules/chanserv/flags.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to modify the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2012-01368 The myuser_delete function in libathemecore/account.c in Atheme 5.x before 5.2.7, 6.x… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0

Sources

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