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TI-2024-31557 Aliases CVE-2024-47191GHSA-w8jp-q8g4-9f42

pam_oath.so in oath-toolkit 2.6.7 through 2.6.11 before 2.6.12 allows root privilege…

Priority HIGH 66CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

pam_oath.so in oath-toolkit 2.6.7 through 2.6.11 before 2.6.12 allows root privilege escalation because, in the context of PAM code running as root, it mishandles usersfile access, such as by calling fchown in the presence of a symlink.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00339 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

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

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:oath_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Nongnu
  • cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:oath_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Nongnu

Remediation

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2025:9775 Released 2025-06-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 security, bug fix, and enhancement updates
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 Tools ceph-2:19.2.1-222.el9cp, ceph-base-2:19.2.1-222.el9cp, ceph-common-2:19.2.1-222.el9cp +28
  • RHSA-2025:4664 Released 2025-05-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.1 security, bug fix, and enhancement updates
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.1 Tools ceph-2:18.2.1-329.el8cp, ceph-2:18.2.1-329.el9cp, ceph-base-2:18.2.1-329.el8cp +47
  • RHSA-2025:4238 Released 2025-04-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 bug fix update
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Tools liboath-2.6.12-1.el8cp, liboath-2.6.12-1.el9cp, oath-toolkit-2.6.12-1.el8cp +1
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2025:3635 Released 2025-04-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.0 security, bug fix, and enhancement updates
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.0 Tools ceph-2:19.2.0-124.el9cp, ceph-base-2:19.2.0-124.el9cp, ceph-common-2:19.2.0-124.el9cp +27

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 4AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 5AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 ToolsFixed RHSA-2025:4238
Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.1 ToolsFixed RHSA-2025:4664
Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.0 ToolsFixed RHSA-2025:3635
Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 ToolsFixed RHSA-2025:9775
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Tools
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.1 Tools
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 Tools

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-47191
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w8jp-q8g4-9f42

References

Other 8

Sources

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