CVE-2024-10963
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.4
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.8%
54.1th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-287
Published 2024-11-07 · modified 2026-08-31
Description
A flaw was found in pam_access, where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as hostnames. This vulnerability allows attackers to trick the system by pretending to be a trusted hostname, gaining unauthorized access. This issue poses a risk for systems that rely on this feature to control who can access certain services or terminals.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10232
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10244
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10379
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10518
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10528
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10852
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6122
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-10963
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2324291
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/issues/834
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/pull/835