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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-5290 · published 7 August 2024

CVE-2024-5290: W1.fi wpa supplicant uncontrolled search path element vulnerability

WW1.Fi · Wpa Supplicant

An issue was discovered in Ubuntu wpa_supplicant that resulted in loading of arbitrary shared objects, which allows a local unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges to the user that wpa_supplicant runs as (usually root). Membership in the netdev group or access to the dbus interface of wpa_supplicant allow an unprivileged user to specify an arbitrary path to a module to be loaded by the wpa_supplicant process; other escalation paths might exist.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.65% · top 50.3% CWE-427 · Uncontrolled search path element
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.65%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
3References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Ubuntu wpa_supplicant that resulted in loading of arbitrary shared objects, which allows a local unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges to the user that wpa_supplicant runs as (usually root). Membership in the netdev group or access to the dbus interface of wpa_supplicant allow an unprivileged user to specify an arbitrary path to a module to be loaded by the wpa_supplicant process; other escalation paths might exist.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2067613 ExploitIssue Tracking
https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-5290), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-08). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.