{"id":"CVE-2024-48911","aliases":["EUVD-2024-3096","GHSA-pf5v-pqfv-x8jj","PYSEC-2024-248"],"status":"published","title":"OpenCanary Executes Commands From Potentially Writable Config File","description":"OpenCanary, a multi-protocol network honeypot, directly executed commands taken from its config file. Prior to version 0.9.4, where the config file is stored in an unprivileged user directory but the daemon is executed by root, it’s possible for the unprivileged user to change the config file and escalate permissions when root later runs the daemon. Version 0.9.4 contains a fix for the issue.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00223,"percentile":0.13004,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-863"],"published":"2024-10-14T20:45:57Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:14Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencanary","fixed_in":["0.9.5","0.9.4"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencanary","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencanary","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.5"}]}],"versions":["0.2","0.3","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.4","0.5","0.5.1","0.5.2","0.5.4","0.5.5","0.5.6","0.5.7","0.5.8","0.6.0","0.6.1","0.6.2","0.6.3","0.7.1","0.9.0","0.9.1","0.9.2","0.9.3","0.9.4"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencanary","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.4"}]}],"versions":["0.2","0.3","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.4","0.5","0.5.1","0.5.2","0.5.4","0.5.5","0.5.6","0.5.7","0.5.8","0.6.0","0.6.1","0.6.2","0.6.3","0.7.1","0.9.0","0.9.1","0.9.2","0.9.3"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"thinkst","product":"opencanary"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/security/advisories/GHSA-pf5v-pqfv-x8jj","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/commit/2c11575b1a3dd8b0df26a879ba856c0aa350c049","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/releases/tag/v0.9.4","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48911","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/opencanary/PYSEC-2024-248.yaml","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pf5v-pqfv-x8jj"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/48xxx/CVE-2024-48911.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-48911","title":"OpenCanary Executes Commands From Potentially Writable Config File","description":"OpenCanary, a multi-protocol network honeypot, directly executed commands taken from its config file. Prior to version 0.9.4, where the config file is stored in an unprivileged user directory but the daemon is executed by root, it’s possible for the unprivileged user to change the config file and escalate permissions when root later runs the daemon. Version 0.9.4 contains a fix for the issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-14T20:45:57.81Z","modified":"2024-10-15T14:44:42.093Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:11.97482Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-3096","description":"OpenCanary, a multi-protocol network honeypot, directly executed commands taken from its config file. Prior to version 0.9.4, where the config file is stored in an unprivileged user directory but the daemon is executed by root, it’s possible for the unprivileged user to change the config file and escalate permissions when root later runs the daemon. Version 0.9.4 contains a fix for the issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-14T20:45:57Z","modified":"2024-10-15T14:44:42Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:27:37.250145Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-pf5v-pqfv-x8jj","title":"OpenCanary Executes Commands From Potentially Writable Config File","description":"### Impact\n\nOpenCanary directly executed commands taken from its config file. Where the config file is stored in an unprivileged user directory but the daemon is executed by root, it’s possible for the unprivileged user to change the config file and escalate permissions when root later runs the daemon.\n\nThanks to the folks at [Whirlylabs](https://whirlylabs.com/) for finding and fixing this.\n\n### Patches\n\nUpgrade to 0.9.4 or higher.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-14T21:16:12Z","modified":"2025-05-16T22:13:57Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:43.998596Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-48911","description":"OpenCanary, a multi-protocol network honeypot, directly executed commands taken from its config file. Prior to version 0.9.4, where the config file is stored in an unprivileged user directory but the daemon is executed by root, it’s possible for the unprivileged user to change the config file and escalate permissions when root later runs the daemon. Version 0.9.4 contains a fix for the issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-14T21:15:12.323Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:59:01.373Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:31.879321Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-48911","title":"OpenCanary Executes Commands From Potentially Writable Config File","description":"OpenCanary, a multi-protocol network honeypot, directly executed commands taken from its config file. Prior to version 0.9.4, where the config file is stored in an unprivileged user directory but the daemon is executed by root, it’s possible for the unprivileged user to change the config file and escalate permissions when root later runs the daemon. Version 0.9.4 contains a fix for the issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-14T20:45:57.81Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:14.617133994Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:43.597758Z"},{"id":"GHSA-pf5v-pqfv-x8jj","title":"OpenCanary Executes Commands From Potentially Writable Config File","description":"### Impact\n\nOpenCanary directly executed commands taken from its config file. Where the config file is stored in an unprivileged user directory but the daemon is executed by root, it’s possible for the unprivileged user to change the config file and escalate permissions when root later runs the daemon.\n\nThanks to the folks at [Whirlylabs](https://whirlylabs.com/) for finding and fixing this.\n\n### Patches\n\nUpgrade to 0.9.4 or higher.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-14T21:16:12Z","modified":"2025-05-16T22:39:09.404195Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"},{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:52.891208Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2024-248","description":"OpenCanary, a multi-protocol network honeypot, directly executed commands taken from its config file. Prior to version 0.9.4, where the config file is stored in an unprivileged user directory but the daemon is executed by root, it’s possible for the unprivileged user to change the config file and escalate permissions when root later runs the daemon. Version 0.9.4 contains a fix for the issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-14T21:15:12Z","modified":"2025-05-16T14:56:49.762799Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:54.242332Z"}]}}