CVE record · CVE-2024-52336

Tuned: `script_pre` and `script_post` options allow to pass arbitrary scripts executed by root

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0030 · 22nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 26 Nov 2024, 15:21 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: tuned https://github.com/redhat-performance/tuned	affected 2.23.0 to before 2.24.1 semver Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: tuned https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.24.0-2.1.20240819gitc082797f.el8fdp to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: tuned https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.24.0-2.1.20240819gitc082797f.el9fdp to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: tuned https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.24.0-2.el9_5 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: tuned https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.24.0-2.el9_5 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Fast Datapath for RHEL 7 Package name: tuned https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: tuned https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: tuned https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: tuned https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: tuned https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2024-52336
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269
Tags: Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Privilege escalation
Published: 26 Nov 2024
Updated: 4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0030, the 22nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

26 Nov 2024, 15:21 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
26 Nov 2024, 16:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10384 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0879 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0880 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52336 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2324540 issue-trackingredhat
github.com/redhat-performance/tuned/releases/tag/v2.24.1
security.opensuse.org/2024/11/26/tuned-instance-create.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/28/1

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