Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-36455

Critical

Published: 15 July 2024

Published
15 July 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 9.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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
EPSS Score 0.0113 78.7th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-36455 is a critical-severity Improper Initialization (CWE-665) vulnerability in Broadcom (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.4 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 21.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An improper input validation allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote command execution on the affected PAM system by sending a specially crafted HTTP request.

CWE(s)
CWE-665

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Broadcom
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-4 Information in Shared System Resources
addresses: CWE-665

Ensures shared resources are explicitly initialized or cleared on allocation, preventing exposure of prior contents to new users or processes.

SI-14 Non-persistence
addresses: CWE-665

Mandates that every instance begins in a known (presumably clean) state, eliminating reliance on residual or uninitialized state left by prior executions.

References