CVE-2024-10394

Theft of credentials in Unix client PAGs

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: November 14, 2024 at 07:07 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:55 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenAFS

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A local user can bypass the OpenAFS PAG (Process Authentication Group) throttling mechanism in Unix clients, allowing the user to create a PAG using an existing id number, effectively joining the PAG and letting the user steal the credentials in that PAG.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

OpenAFS · Openafs

95%

1.0 ≤ v < 1.6.241.0 ≤ v < 1.6.251.8.0 ≤ v < 1.8.12.21.8.0 ≤ v < 1.8.131.9.0 ≤ v < 1.9.11.0 1.8.0 1.9.0

Affected range stops below 1.6.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.6.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.8.12.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.8.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.9.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

Source: [email protected]

https://openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2024-001.txt

Source: cverecord

https://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2024-001.txt

Source: cverecord

https://www.openafs.org/security

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00019.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-190CWE-305

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