CVE record · CVE-2024-10963

Pam: improper hostname interpretation in pam_access leads to access control bypass

CVSS 7.4 HighEPSS 0.0078 · 56th percentile

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	Product	Versions
Not given	Not given Package name: pam https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/	affected 1.3.1 semver affected 1.5.1 semver affected 1.6.0 to before 1.7.0 semver Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-36.el8_10 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-22.el9_5 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-22.el9_5 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-23.el9_4 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 416.94.202411261619-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 417.94.202411261220-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/aws-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g088dcaf.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/azure-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gd4fb1b6.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/azure-service-rhel9-operator https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g11ced00.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gf648c78.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/container-networking-plugins-microshift-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g24a6532.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/driver-toolkit-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202502100301.p0.g2e139ed.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/egress-router-cni-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g3193a75.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/frr-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202502041302.p0.g1ad8f2e.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/insights-runtime-exporter-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g7149f2d.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/insights-runtime-extractor-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g7149f2d.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/kube-metrics-server-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g962ccca.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/kubevirt-csi-driver-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gba2234b.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/network-tools-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202502111035.p0.gf76635f.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/oc-mirror-plugin-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202502100934.p0.gc00c7c9.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/openshift-route-controller-manager-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g07daee4.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-agent-installer-api-server-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202502040032.p0.ge5a4005.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-agent-installer-csr-approver-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202502040032.p0.g5348c85.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-agent-installer-node-agent-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202502041302.p0.g51a74ac.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-agent-installer-orchestrator-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g5348c85.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-agent-installer-utils-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g3f6d1d8.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-apiserver-network-proxy-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g0e11616.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-aws-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gc395190.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-aws-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g6bd77fc.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gb51cd6b.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel9-operator https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9432fd3.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-aws-pod-identity-webhook-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g5c43fe8.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-azure-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9c24d76.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-azure-cloud-node-manager-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9c24d76.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-azure-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g987615c.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-azure-disk-csi-driver-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501241902.p0.g6cced66.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-azure-disk-csi-driver-rhel9-operator https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9432fd3.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-azure-file-csi-driver-operator-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9432fd3.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift4/ose-azure-file-csi-driver-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g4b34592.assembly.stream.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected

And 162 more products. The full list is on the CVE record.

Identifiers: CVE-2024-10963
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Authentication bypass
Published: 7 Nov 2024
Updated: 4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.4	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0078, the 56th percentile, on 5 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
7 Nov 2024, 16:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10232 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10244 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10379 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10518 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10528 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10852 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6122 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-10963 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2324291 issue-trackingredhat
github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/issues/834
github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/pull/835

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