CVE-2024-28085

low
Published 2024-03-27 · Modified 2026-05-12
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
3.3

Description

wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where this leads to account takeover.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-28085

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28085.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/28/3

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/28/1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/9

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/8

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/7

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debian10.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.38.1-5+deb12u1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.36.1-8+deb11u2
debian debianforkyfixed2.39.3-11
debian debiansidfixed2.39.3-11
debian debiantrixiefixed2.39.3-11

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
kernelutil-linux{"startIncluding":"2.24","endExcluding":"2.39.4"}2.39.4

References

CWEs

CWE-150

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.