CVE-2022-24732

Q: How do I fix CVE-2022-24732?

Upgrade maddy to 0.5.4 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2022-24732 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-24732 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.41% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 34% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2022-24732?

CVE-2022-24732 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2022-24732 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for maddy (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

6.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Maddy Mail Server is an open source SMTP compatible email server. Versions of maddy prior to 0.5.4 do not implement password expiry or account expiry checking when authenticating using PAM. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should manually remove expired accounts via existing filtering mechanisms.

CWE-324 CWE-613

How to fix

Remediation Available

maddyNVD

Affected:>= 0.5.0, < 0.5.4Fixed in:0.5.4CVE-2022-24732derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

34thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 34% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-324 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-35401	High	8.1	21%	-	-
CVE-2024-36031	Critical	9.8	0.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3790	Medium	6.1	0.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-2447	Medium	6.6	0.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-33020	High	8.2	0.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-7318	Medium	4.8	0.4%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2022-24732?

Upgrade maddy to 0.5.4 or later.

Is CVE-2022-24732 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-24732 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.41% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 34% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2022-24732?

CVE-2022-24732 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2022-24732 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for maddy (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.