Red Hat Enterprise Linux (NetworkManager-libreswan): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation
WID-SEC-2024-3254 · first 23.10.2024 · updated 11.06.2026 · CVSS 7,8
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Fedora ist eine von Red Hat abstammende Linux-Distribution. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Enterprise Linux im NetworkManager-libreswan ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
Under what conditions?
Only with access to the device or an account on it. Often the second step after a phishing email.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- seine Privilegien zu erhöhen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Oracle Linux
- SUSE openSUSE
- Fedora Linux
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8312 vom 2024-10-22 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8338 vom 2024-10-22 access.redhat.com
- Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2024-2e8944621e vom 2024-10-22 bodhi.fedoraproject.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8358 vom 2024-10-23 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8352 vom 2024-10-23 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8353 vom 2024-10-23 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8354 vom 2024-10-23 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8356 vom 2024-10-23 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8357 vom 2024-10-23 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2024-8353 vom 2024-10-23 linux.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8355 vom 2024-10-23 rhn.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2024-8357 vom 2024-11-09 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2024-9555 vom 2024-11-19 linux.oracle.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS-2024-2703 vom 2024-12-20 alas.aws.amazon.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2026:0200-1 vom 2026-06-11 lists.opensuse.org
CVE: CVE-2024-9050
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.