Untrusted Search Path Affecting paulusmack/ppp package, versions [,2.5.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PAULUSMACKPPP-10361654
  • published17 Jun 2025
  • disclosed22 Apr 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Apr 2025

CVE-2024-58250  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-426  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade paulusmack/ppp to version 2.5.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Untrusted Search Path due to improper handling of user privileges in the passprompt plugin. An attacker can escalate privileges by exploiting this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1