CVE-2024-5290
Publication date 6 August 2024
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
An issue was discovered in Ubuntu wpa_supplicant that resulted in loading of arbitrary shared objects, which allows a local unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges to the user that wpa_supplicant runs as (usually root). Membership in the netdev group or access to the dbus interface of wpa_supplicant allow an unprivileged user to specify an arbitrary path to a module to be loaded by the wpa_supplicant process; other escalation paths might exist.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| wpa | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.1
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.1
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.4
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8+esm1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.4-0ubuntu6.8+esm1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 2.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm5
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.8 · High
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-6945-1
- wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability
- 6 August 2024