# CVE-2024-10041: Pam: libpam: libpam vulnerable to read hashed password

> Attackers can exploit speculative execution flaws in PAM to leak hashed passwords from memory during authentication processes.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** ALSA-2024:11250, AZL-51693, AZL-51729, BELL-CVE-2024-10041, CLEANSTART-2026-EL80803, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-10041, ECHO-b710-0586-640f, GHSA-7gm5-m2xc-vh2j, MGASA-2025-0149, MINI-93w6-42qq-c9mm, OESA-2025-1598, OESA-2025-1599, OESA-2025-1600, OESA-2025-1601, RHSA-2024:11250, RHSA-2024:9941, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-10041, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-10041, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2004-CVE-2024-10041, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-10041, SUSE-SU-2025:01511-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02970-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02970-2, SUSE-SU-2025:02971-1, SUSE-SU-2025:1158-1, SUSE-SU-2025:1334-1, SUSE-SU-2025:1505-1, SUSE-SU-2025:1511-1, SUSE-SU-2025:1512-1, SUSE-SU-2025:1517-1, SUSE-SU-2025:1549-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20750-1, SUSE-SU-2026:21112-1, SUSE-SU-2026:21192-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10041, openSUSE-SU-2025:15477-1, openSUSE-SU-2026:20533-1

## What is CVE-2024-10041?

CVE-2024-10041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 23 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.

Weakness: CWE-922 (Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10041?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pam` | AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam-devel` | AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam-docs` | AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam-debugsource` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam-docs` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam-debugsource` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 |
| `pam-debuginfo` | Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4 |
| `pam-debugsource` | Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4 |
| `pam-devel` | Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4 |
| `pam-docs` | Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4 |
| `pam` | Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4 |
| `pam-debuginfo` | Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4 |
| `pam-debugsource` | Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos | All versions | 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4 |
| `apparmor` | SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | All versions | 2.13.6-150300.3.24.1 |
| `libapparmor` | SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | All versions | 2.13.6-150300.3.24.1 |
| `pam` | SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | All versions | 1.3.0-150000.6.86.1 |
| `apparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 2.13.6-150300.3.24.1 |
| `libapparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 2.13.6-150300.3.24.1 |
| `pam` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 1.3.0-150000.6.86.1 |
| `apparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | All versions | 3.0.4-150400.5.18.1 |
| `libapparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | All versions | 3.0.4-150400.5.18.1 |
| `pam` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | All versions | 1.3.0-150000.6.86.1 |
| `apparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 3.0.4-150400.5.18.1 |
| `libapparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 3.0.4-150400.5.18.1 |
| `pam` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 1.3.0-150000.6.86.1 |
| `apparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | All versions | 3.0.4-150500.11.18.1 |
| `libapparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | All versions | 3.0.4-150500.11.18.1 |
| `pam` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | All versions | 1.3.0-150000.6.86.1 |
| `apparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 3.0.4-150500.11.18.1 |
| `libapparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 3.0.4-150500.11.18.1 |
| `pam` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 1.3.0-150000.6.86.1 |
| `apparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | All versions | 2.13.6-150300.3.24.1 |
| `libapparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | All versions | 2.13.6-150300.3.24.1 |
| `pam` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | All versions | 1.3.0-150000.6.76.1 |
| `pam` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | All versions | 1.3.0-150000.6.86.1 |
| `apparmor` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | All versions | 2.13.6-150300.3.24.1 |

Products: Linux-Pam Linux-Pam.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10041?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-10041 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

- [CVE-2022-28321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28321/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-27780](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27780/): Auth bypass in pam (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2010-4708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4708/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2010-3853](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3853/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2009-0887](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0887/): Integer overflow in n/a (medium 6.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10041 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 23 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10041/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10041/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10041
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10041
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10041

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10041/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.