5.5

CVE-2024-22365: linux-pam

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2024-22365MGASA-2024-0030SUSE-SU-2024:0136-1
Published 06-02-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-22365 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux-pam. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-4306-1

Timeline

  1. 06-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (openwall.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse28 products
  • pam&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 1.3.0-150000.6.66.1
  • pam&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS< 1.3.0-150000.6.66.1
  • pam&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 1.3.0-150000.6.66.1
  • pam&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS< 1.3.0-150000.6.66.1
  • pam&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 1.3.0-150000.6.66.1
Redhat5 products
  • pam< 0:1.5.1-19.el9 | < 0:1.3.1-33.el8
  • pam-debuginfo< 0:1.5.1-19.el9 | < 0:1.3.1-33.el8
  • pam-debugsource< 0:1.5.1-19.el9 | < 0:1.3.1-33.el8
  • pam-devel< 0:1.5.1-19.el9 | < 0:1.3.1-33.el8
  • pam-docs< 0:1.5.1-19.el9
Opensuse3 products
  • pam&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 1.3.0-150000.6.66.1
  • pam&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3< 1.3.0-150000.6.66.1
  • pam&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4< 1.3.0-150000.6.66.1
Alpine1 product
  • linux-pam< 1.6.0-r0
Debian1 product
  • pam< 1.5.2-6+deb12u2 | < 1.5.3-4
Linux-pam1 product
Mageia1 product
  • pam< 1.5.2-5.1.mga9
Ubuntu1 product
  • pam< 1.3.1-5ubuntu4.7 | < 1.4.0-11ubuntu2.4 | < 1.1.8-1ubuntu2.2+esm4 | < 1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2.3+esm5 | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6+esm1

8 vendors · 41 products

References

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