What is CVE-2024-54855?

CVE-2024-54855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fabricators Vanilla OS Core Image, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-54855?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fabricators Vanilla OS Core Image

CVE-2024-54855

fabricators Ltd Vanilla OS 2 Core image v1.1.0 was discovered to contain static keys for the SSH service, allowing attackers to possibly execute a man-in-the-middle attack during connections with other hosts.

Published 2026-01-13 · last modified 2026-07-05.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Fabricators Vanilla OS Core Image

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

References

vanilla.com (Not Applicable)
fabricators.com (Broken Link)
github.com/Vanilla-OS/core-image/security/advisories/GHSA-67pc-hqr2-g34h (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-54855?: CVE-2024-54855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fabricators Vanilla OS Core Image, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-54855?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.