Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-27632

HighPublic PoC

Published: 08 April 2024

Published
08 April 2024
Modified
02 September 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0210 84.4th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-27632 is a high-severity PRNG (CWE-335) vulnerability in Gnu Savane. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 15.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in GNU Savane v.3.12 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the form_id in the form_header() function.

CWE(s)
CWE-335

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability enables remote attackers to bypass CSRF protections in the public-facing Savane web application due to predictable token generation, facilitating exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) and initial access via public-facing application exploitation (T1190), leading to privilege escalation and account takeover.

Affected Assets

gnu
savane
≤ 3.13

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References