{"id":"CVE-2024-6759","aliases":["EUVD-2024-47795","GHSA-96rc-h8f4-67gc"],"status":"published","title":"NFS client accepts file names containing path separators","description":"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 additional path components.\n\nThe lack of validation described above gives rise to a confused deputy problem.  For example, a program copying files from an NFS mount could be tricked into copying from outside the intended source directory, and/or to a location outside the intended destination directory.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00676,"percentile":0.52573,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2024-08-11T02:45:15Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:18:39Z","products":[{"vendor":"freebsd","product":"freebsd"}],"references":[{"url":"https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-24:07.nfsclient.asc","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0009/"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6759"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-96rc-h8f4-67gc"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-6759","title":"NFS client accepts file names containing path separators","description":"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 additional path components.\n\nThe lack of validation described above gives rise to a confused deputy problem.  For example, a program copying files from an NFS mount could be tricked into copying from outside the intended source directory, and/or to a location outside the intended destination directory.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-11T02:45:15.024Z","modified":"2024-08-16T17:02:45.727Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:11.305983Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-47795","description":"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 additional path components.\n\nThe lack of validation described above gives rise to a confused deputy problem.  For example, a program copying files from an NFS mount could be tricked into copying from outside the intended source directory, and/or to a location outside the intended destination directory.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-11T02:45:15Z","modified":"2024-08-16T17:02:45Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:56:16.145705Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-96rc-h8f4-67gc","title":"When mounting a remote filesystem using NFS, the kernel did not sanitize remotely provided...","description":"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 additional path components.\n\nThe lack of validation described above gives rise to a confused deputy problem.  For example, a program copying files from an NFS mount could be tricked into copying from outside the intended source directory, and/or to a location outside the intended destination directory.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-12T15:30:51Z","modified":"2024-08-12T18:30:48Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:57:55.768435Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-6759","description":"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 additional path components.\n\nThe lack of validation described above gives rise to a confused deputy problem.  For example, a program copying files from an NFS mount could be tricked into copying from outside the intended source directory, and/or to a location outside the intended destination directory.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-12T13:38:40.38Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:18:39.407Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:18.563492Z"}]}}