Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-55566

Published
09 December 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 6.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 12th percentile
Risk Priority 48 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-55566 is a medium-severity PRNG (CWE-335) vulnerability in Suse (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.6 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Forge Web Credentials (T1606); ranked at the 12th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-12 (Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A04:2025 Cryptographic Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

ColPack 1.0.10 through 9a7293a has a predictable temporary file (located under /tmp with a name derived from an unseeded RNG). The impact can be overwriting files or making ColPack graphing unavailable to other users.

CWE(s)
CWE-335

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1606 Forge Web Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may forge credential materials that can be used to gain access to web applications or Internet services.
attack.mitre.org →
T1606.001 Web Cookies Credential Access
Adversaries may forge web cookies that can be used to gain access to web applications or Internet services.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-4472Shared CWE-335
CVE-2026-11702Shared CWE-335
CVE-2026-25835Shared CWE-335
CVE-2024-27632Shared CWE-335
CVE-2025-24783Shared CWE-335
CVE-2025-52578Shared CWE-335
CVE-2026-11625Shared CWE-335
CVE-2024-1579Shared CWE-335
CVE-2024-36048Shared CWE-335
CVE-2025-27580Shared CWE-335

Affected Assets

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

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V7.2.3
  • V11.5.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management good match

SC-12 requires proper establishment and management of cryptographic keys and material, which directly encompasses correct seeding of PRNGs used for cryptographic purposes.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly enforce correct PRNG seeding during development, though the control addresses many other coding issues as well.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect weak seeding but does not itself prevent the weakness.

A.8.24 Use of cryptography partial match
prevents

Cryptography policy and key-management rules directly require proper seeding of PRNGs used for keys and nonces.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure-coding standards mandate correct PRNG seeding to avoid predictable random values.

A.8.5 Secure authentication none match
none

Strong authentication mechanisms rely on unpredictable random values, indirectly requiring proper PRNG seeding.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
  • V-248563 The OL 8 SSH server must be configured to use strong entropy. prevents CWE-335
RHEL 8 (1 rule)
  • V-230253 RHEL 8 must ensure the SSH server uses strong entropy. prevents CWE-335

References