CVE-2024-7589 is a critical vulnerability affecting FreeBSD's sshd(8) service, stemming from an async-signal-unsafe logging function call within a privileged signal handler. This flaw, similar to CVE-2024-6387, introduces a race condition that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1, < 13.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.3:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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