Security advisory

{
  "id": "53a4527d9a8ac0ce06d9a57196660fe561bf002c8e01ddfc60bad934e46792f0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28085",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-28085",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-28085",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-28085",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-28085",
        "GHSA-xv2h-c6ww-mrjq"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "bad3c52f0b2dd97e70a5c92edcc7f67dceeb4ba1"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8230dec4c50810065403eefe3c8cda475976e3eb"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.40"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.24"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.39.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.39.3",
            "v2.39.2",
            "v2.39.1",
            "v2.39",
            "v2.39-rc3",
            "v2.39-rc2",
            "v2.39-rc1",
            "v2.38",
            "v2.38-rc4",
            "v2.38-rc3",
            "v2.38-rc2",
            "v2.38-rc1",
            "v2.37",
            "v2.37-rc2",
            "v2.37-rc1",
            "v2.36",
            "v2.36-rc2",
            "v2.36-rc1",
            "v2.35",
            "v2.35-rc2",
            "v2.35-rc1",
            "v2.34",
            "v2.34-rc2",
            "v2.34-rc1",
            "v2.33",
            "v2.33-rc2",
            "v2.33-rc1",
            "v2.32",
            "v2.32-rc2",
            "v2.32-rc1",
            "v2.31",
            "v2.31-rc2",
            "v2.31-rc1",
            "v2.30",
            "v2.30-rc2",
            "v2.30-rc1",
            "v2.29",
            "v2.29-rc2",
            "v2.29-rc1",
            "v2.28",
            "v2.28-rc2",
            "v2.28-rc1",
            "v2.27",
            "v2.27-rc2",
            "v2.27-rc1",
            "v2.26",
            "v2.26-rc2",
            "v2.26-rc1",
            "v2.25",
            "v2.25-rc2",
            "v2.25-rc1",
            "v2.24"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-28085.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:23.564803271Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html",
        "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.html",
        "https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/",
        "https://people.rit.edu/sjf5462/6831711781/wall_2_27_2024.txt",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/5",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28085.json",
        "https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-xv2h-c6ww-mrjq",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28085",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0003/",
        "https://github.com/skyler-ferrante/CVE-2024-28085",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00005.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28085.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-28085",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 490190,
  "published_at": "2024-03-27T00:00:00+00:00"
}