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CVE-2024-10224

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-10224 is a critical vulnerability affecting Modules::ScanDeps versions prior to 1.36, impacting Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions. A local attacker can achieve arbitrary shell command execution due to unsanitized input handling, specifically through "pesky pipes" or arbitrary string evaluation. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this flaw allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high level of awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rschupp:modules\:\:scandeps:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0860 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 perl-Module-ScanDeps 1.35-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 1.35-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20031-17086Fixed in: 1.35-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 perl-Module-ScanDeps 1.35-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 1.35-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 perl-Module-ScanDeps 1.35-3 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 1.35-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17172-16823Fixed in: 1.35-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17565-17084Fixed in: 1.35-2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: perl-Module-ScanDeps-0:1.30-6.el9
View patch
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: perl-Module-ScanDeps

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2024-10224Moderate

module-scandeps: local privilege escalation via unsanitized input

Nov 19, 2024
microsoft2024-Nov/CVE-2024-10224Moderate

Qualys discovered that if unsanitized input was used with the library Modules: ScanDeps

Nov 12, 2024

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/15
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00015.html
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
ExploitMailing ListMitigation
github.com / rschupp/Module-ScanDeps/security/advisories/GHSA-g597-359q-v529
ExploitVendor Advisory
cve.org / CVERecord
Third Party Advisory
qualys.com / 2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
ExploitMitigation