CVE-2024-56433
shadow-utils (aka shadow) 4.4 through 4.17.0 establishes a default /etc/subuid behavior (e.g., uid 100000 through 165535 for the first user account) that...
- Published
- Dec 26, 2024
- Updated
- Dec 27, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 25, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 36.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
shadow-utils (aka shadow) 4.4 through 4.17.0 establishes a default /etc/subuid behavior (e.g., uid 100000 through 165535 for the first user account) that can realistically conflict with the uids of users defined on locally administered networks, potentially leading to account takeover, e.g., by leveraging newuidmap for access to an NFS home directory (or same-host resources in the case of remote logins by these local network users). NOTE: it may also be argued that system administrators should not have assigned uids, within local networks, that are within the range that can occur in /etc/subuid.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2024-56433, demonstrating privilege escalation via shadow-utils subordinate ID collision to access other users' data.
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