CVE-2024-22365

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p39

Published

Feb 6, 2024 (Feb 6, 2024)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.

Vendors: linux-pam
Products: linux-pam
Weakness: CWE-664
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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