Path Traversal in Freebsd

CVE-2024-6759

When mounting a remote filesystem using NFS, the kernel did not sanitize remotely provided filenames for the path separator character, "/". This allows readdir(3) and related functions to return filesystem entries with names containing ad…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (47.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

  • Freebsd — versions 13.3, 14.0, 14.0-RELEASE

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6759?
CVE-2024-6759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-6759?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6759 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.