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CVE-2024-2905VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: rpm-ostree security update

Affects Red Hat rpm-ostreeSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-2905· Medium 6.2

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.2 Medium : upgrade Red Hat rpm-ostree to 9.5 when convenient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.2Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.16.2
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 25% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 9.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 25 Apr 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Red Hat rpm-ostree to 9.5.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Product Security Red HatAffected
  • >=9.4 <9.5
Fixed in
  • 9.5

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for rpm-ostree that corrects the file permission issue with /etc/shadow. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support versions should apply the update as soon as possible. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's advisory and knowledge base article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation is required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-2905) in the rpm-ostree tool for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support allows the /etc/shadow file to be world-readable. This file contains sensitive password hashes, and improper permissions could expose these hashes to unauthorized users. The issue affects multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 and its Extended Update Support versions. Red Hat has released a security update to fix this issue.

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