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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2024-9313 json

PAM module may allow accessing with the credentials of another user

published 2024-10-03 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-x5q3-c8rm-w787 , GO-2024-3181 , EUVD-2024-3161

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Authd PAM module before version 0.3.5 can allow broker-managed users to impersonate any other user managed by the same broker and perform any PAM operation with it, including authenticating as them.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/ubuntu/authd 0.0.0-20240930103526-63e527496b01, 0.3.5
  • Canonical Ltd. Authd 0.3.5
  • govulncheck-vulndb SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20250207T224745-150000.1.32.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.6 +1 more 0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:0429-1SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb Package Hub 12 0.0.20241104T154416-5.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20241030T212825-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14447-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/ubuntu/authd
<0.0.0-20240930103526-63e527496b01
>=0.1.0, <0.3.5
<0.3.5
0.0.0-20240930103526-63e527496b01
0.3.5

Affected products

  • Canonical Ltd. Authd

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.