GHSA-4gfw-wf7c-w6g2: github.com/ubuntu/authd (CVE-2024-9312)

Authd allows attacker-controlled usernames to yield controllable UIDs in github.com/ubuntu/authd

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0028 · 20th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 11 Oct 2024, 14:32 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
github.com/ubuntu/authd	Go	<0.3.6	0.3.6

Identifiers

GHSA-4gfw-wf7c-w6g2 · CVE-2024-9312 · GO-2024-3188

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-286

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0028, the 20th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 11 Oct 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

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