CVE-2024-1488
A vulnerability was found in Unbound due to incorrect default permissions, allowing any process outside the unbound group to modify the unbound runtime configuration. If a process can connect over localhost to port 8953, it can alter the configuration of unbound.service. This flaw allows an unprivileged attacker to manipulate a running instance, potentially altering forwarders, allowing them to track all queries forwarded by the local resolver, and, in some cases, disrupting resolving altogether.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.0 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-276
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (23th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2024-17236)
- Published
- February 15, 2024
- NVD last modified
- August 6, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2024-17236 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedoraproject / unbound
- redhat / codeready linux builder
- redhat / codeready linux builder eus
- redhat / codeready linux builder eus
- redhat / codeready linux builder eus for power little endian
- redhat / codeready linux builder eus for power little endian
- redhat / codeready linux builder for arm64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for arm64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for arm64 eus
- redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems
- redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems
- redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems eus
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64 eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64 eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64 eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian eus
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server tus
- redhat / enterprise linux server tus
- redhat / enterprise linux server tus
and 1 more…
Certified products that may be affected
34 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5513 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, LLC - FIPS 140 5461 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5445 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libgcrypt - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5366 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5089 - active
See all 34 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1750(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1751(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1780(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1801(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1802(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1804(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2587(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2696(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0837
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1488(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264183(Issue Tracking, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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