CVE-2024-58250 Privilege escalation in ppp
Critical 9.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-58250 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-58250 is a critical vulnerability in Samba ppp, published on 22 Apr 2025. 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-2024-58250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Samba ppp. 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-2024-58250/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-58250/index.md)
The pppd passprompt plugin mishandles privileges, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges on systems using PPP.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-58250?
CVE-2024-58250 is a critical vulnerability in Samba ppp, published on 22 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-58250?
How do I fix CVE-2024-58250?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-58250 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-58250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-60894, AZL-61768, BELL-CVE-2024-58250, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58250, GHSA-v77v-qh6r-74qh, OESA-2025-1479 and 1 more.