CVE-2024-9050

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 63% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in the libreswan client plugin for NetworkManager (NetkworkManager-libreswan), where it fails to properly sanitize the VPN configuration from the local unprivileged user. In this configuration, composed by a key-value format, the plugin fails to escape special characters, leading the application to interpret values as keys. One of the most critical parameters that could be abused by a malicious user is the leftupdownkey. This key takes an executable command as a value and is used to specify what executes as a callback in NetworkManager-libreswan to retrieve configuration settings back to NetworkManager. As NetworkManager uses Polkit to allow an unprivileged user to control the system's network configuration, a malicious actor could achieve local privilege escalation and potential code execution as root in the targeted machine by creating a malicious configuration.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
37th
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 22, 2024

Last Modified

June 26, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jun 26, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9555
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8358
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8357
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP So

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8356
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP So

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8355
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8354
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8353
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8352
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8338
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8312

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-9050(11)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(11)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.22-4.el9_52024-11-13redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.18-6.el9_42024-11-13redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.4-4.el7_92024-10-23redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.10-6.el8_82024-10-23redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.10-6.el8_42024-10-23redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.10-6.el8_62024-10-23redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.14-6.el9_22024-10-23redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.10-7.el8_102024-10-23redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.10-6.el8_22024-10-23redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.4-4.el7_72024-10-22redhat
redhatNetworkManager-libreswan-0:1.2.14-3.el9_02024-10-22redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-9050?
CVE-2024-9050 is a high vulnerability published on October 22, 2024. A flaw was found in the libreswan client plugin for NetworkManager (NetkworkManager-libreswan), where it fails to properly sanitize the VPN configuration from the local unprivileged user. In this configuration, composed by a key-value format, the plugin fails to escape special characters, leading…
When was CVE-2024-9050 disclosed?
CVE-2024-9050 was first published on October 22, 2024, with the most recent update on June 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-9050 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-9050 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (37th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-9050?
CVE-2024-9050 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-9050?
A fix for CVE-2024-9050 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2024-9050 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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