pam_oath.so in oath-toolkit 2.6.7 through 2.6.11 before 2.6.12 allows root privilege escalation because, in the context of PAM code running as root, it mishandles usersfile access, such as by calling fchown in the presence of a symlink.
CVE-2024-47191
Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2024-10-09. NVD baseline CVSS 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.1
- EG Score
- 7.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 26.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 9, 2024
Last Modified
April 15, 2026
References (17)
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3235a52f6b87cd1c5da6508f421ac261f5e33a70
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3271139989fde35ab0163b558fc29e80c3a280e5
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/60d9902b5c20f27e70f8e9c816bfdc0467567e1a
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/95ef255e6a401949ce3f67609bf8aac2029db418
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/issues/43
- cve@mitrehttps://security.opensuse.org/2024/10/04/oath-toolkit-vulnerability.html
- cve@mitrehttps://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/security/CVE-2024-47191
- cve@mitrehttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/05/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/15/7
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/17/1
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-47191(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | pskctool (2.6.7-3ubuntu0.1) @ jammy | 2026-05-21 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | pskctool (2.6.11-3ubuntu1) @ oracular | 2026-05-21 | ubuntu |
| redhat | oath-toolkit-0:2.6.12-1.el9cp | 2025-06-26 | redhat |
| redhat | oath-toolkit-0:2.6.12-1.el8cp | 2025-05-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(5)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2024-471912024-10-09
pam_oath.so in oath-toolkit 2.6.7 through 2.6.11 before 2.6.12 allows root privilege escalation because in the context of PAM code running as root it mishandles usersfile access such as by calling fchown in the presence of a symlink.
- Red HatRHSA-2025:3635IMPORTANT2024-10-04
RHSA-2025:3635 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:4238IMPORTANT2024-10-04
RHSA-2025:4238 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-7059-1MEDIUM
OATH Toolkit vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-7059-2MEDIUM
OATH Toolkit vulnerability
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