What is CVE-2024-11946?

CVE-2024-11946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ixsystems Truenas, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-11946?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ixsystems Truenas

CVE-2024-11946

iXsystems TrueNAS CORE fetch_plugin_packagesites tar Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to tamper with firmware update files on affected installations of iXsystems TrueNAS devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of firmware updates. The issue results from the use of an insecure protocol to deliver updates. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-25668.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ixsystems Truenas
Ixsystems Truenas Core — versions 13.3-RELEASE
Ixsystems Truenas_firmware — versions 13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (x_research-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (vendor-advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-11946?: CVE-2024-11946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ixsystems Truenas, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-11946?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.