CVE-2024-5290
wpa - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
Description
An issue was discovered in Ubuntu wpa_supplicant that resulted in loading of arbitrary shared objects, which allows a local unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges to the user that wpa_supplicant runs as (usually root). Membership in the netdev group or access to the dbus interface of wpa_supplicant allow an unprivileged user to specify an arbitrary path to a module to be loaded by the wpa_supplicant process; other escalation paths might exist.
How to fix CVE-2024-5290
To remediate CVE-2024-5290, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2 or later
- —upgrade to 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2 or later
Is CVE-2024-5290 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2
- from 0, < 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |