4.7

CVE-2024-10041: Pam: libpam: libpam vulnerable to read hashed password

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2025-0149SUSE-SU-2025:01511-1SUSE-SU-2025:02970-1
Published 23-10-2024Last modified 29-06-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-10041 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability in linux-pam. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 2
RHSA-2024:10379CGA-78JJ-FWXH-XMHQCGA-W8GR-F9VV-8R9H

Timeline

  1. 23-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse79 products
  • apparmor&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 2.13.6-150300.3.24.1
  • apparmor&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 2.13.6-150300.3.24.1
  • apparmor&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 3.0.4-150400.5.18.1
  • apparmor&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 3.0.4-150400.5.18.1
  • apparmor&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS< 3.0.4-150500.11.18.1
Opensuse6 products
  • apparmor&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 3.1.7-150600.5.9.1
  • libapparmor&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 3.1.7-150600.5.9.1
  • pam-full-src&distro=openSUSE Leap 16.0< 1.7.1-160000.3.1
  • pam&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 1.3.0-150000.6.86.1 | < 1.3.0-150000.6.76.1
  • pam&distro=openSUSE Leap 16.0< 1.7.1-160000.3.1
Redhat5 products
  • pam< 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 | < 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4
  • pam-debuginfo< 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 | < 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4
  • pam-debugsource< 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 | < 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4
  • pam-devel< 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 | < 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4
  • pam-docs< 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 | < 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4
Chainguard2 products
  • linux-pam< 1.6.0-r0
  • linux-pam-dev< 1.6.0-r0
Wolfi2 products
  • linux-pam< 1.6.0-r0
  • linux-pam-dev< 1.6.0-r0
Debian1 product
  • pamAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.7.0-2
Linux-pam1 product
Mageia1 product
  • pam< 1.5.2-5.2.mga9
Ubuntu1 product
  • pamAll versions (No fix recorded)

9 vendors · 98 products

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