Uncontrolled Search Path Element Affecting wpa_supplicant package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WPASUPPLICANT-7644387
  • published7 Aug 2024
  • disclosed7 Aug 2024
  • creditRory McNamara

Introduced: 7 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-5290  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-427  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Search Path Element which allows an attacker to load arbitrary shared objects by unprivileged users who have access to the control interface.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1