# Pam: improper hostname interpretation in pam_access leads to access control bypass CVE record · `CVE-2024-10963` - **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-10963` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 7.4 High - **Critical:** No - **CNA:** redhat - **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html) - **Tags:** [Authentication bypass](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/auth-bypass.md) - **Technologies:** [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-4-extended-update-support.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-container-platform-4-16.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-container-platform-4-17.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-container-platform-4-18.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-ai-2-16.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-7.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-container-platform-4.md) - **Published:** 7 Nov 2024 - **Updated:** 4 Nov 2026 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 7 Nov 2024, 16:02 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. ## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them - Vendor: Not given. Product: Not given. - affected: `1.3.1` (semver) - affected: `1.5.1` (semver) - affected: `1.6.0 to before 1.7.0` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-36.el8_10 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. - unaffected: `0:1.5.1-22.el9_5 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. - unaffected: `0:1.5.1-22.el9_5 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. - unaffected: `0:1.5.1-23.el9_4 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16. - unaffected: `416.94.202411261619-0 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17. - unaffected: `417.94.202411261220-0 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g088dcaf.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/aws-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gd4fb1b6.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/azure-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g11ced00.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/azure-service-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gf648c78.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g24a6532.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/container-networking-plugins-microshift-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202502100301.p0.g2e139ed.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/driver-toolkit-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g3193a75.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/egress-router-cni-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202502041302.p0.g1ad8f2e.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/frr-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g7149f2d.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/insights-runtime-exporter-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g7149f2d.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/insights-runtime-extractor-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g962ccca.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/kube-metrics-server-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gba2234b.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/kubevirt-csi-driver-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202502111035.p0.gf76635f.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/network-tools-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202502100934.p0.gc00c7c9.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/oc-mirror-plugin-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g07daee4.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/openshift-route-controller-manager-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202502040032.p0.ge5a4005.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-agent-installer-api-server-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202502040032.p0.g5348c85.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-agent-installer-csr-approver-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202502041302.p0.g51a74ac.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-agent-installer-node-agent-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g5348c85.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-agent-installer-orchestrator-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g3f6d1d8.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-agent-installer-utils-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g0e11616.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-apiserver-network-proxy-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gc395190.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-aws-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g6bd77fc.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-aws-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gb51cd6b.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9432fd3.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g5c43fe8.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-aws-pod-identity-webhook-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9c24d76.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-azure-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9c24d76.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-azure-cloud-node-manager-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g987615c.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-azure-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501241902.p0.g6cced66.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-azure-disk-csi-driver-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9432fd3.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-azure-disk-csi-driver-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9432fd3.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-azure-file-csi-driver-operator-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. - unaffected: `v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g4b34592.assembly.stream.el9 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift4/ose-azure-file-csi-driver-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` And 162 more products. The full list is on the CVE record: ## Not analysed yet We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter. ## Severity and exploitation - 7.4 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`, from CNA (redhat) - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** 0.0078, the 56th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. ## Timeline - 7 Nov 2024, 16:02 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10963) - 7 Nov 2024, 16:15 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10963) ## Sources - [CVE List: CVE-2024-10963](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10963) - [NVD: CVE-2024-10963](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10963) ### References from the CNA - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vdb-entry, redhat) - (issue-tracking, redhat) - - Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description. ## Check whether this affects you This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run. - With the agentprime MCP server (), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: - As JSON: - Everything that needs attention now: --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .