CVE-2024-23770 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

darkhttpd through 1.15 allows local users to discover credentials (for --auth) by listing processes and their arguments.

Published: 2024-01-22

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:unix4lyfe:darkhttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00238.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/25/1
https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/commit/2b339828b2a42a5fda105ea84934957a7d23e35d
https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/compare/v1.14...v1.15

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Unix4lyfe Darkhttpd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:23:22.098Z

Reserved: 2024-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-23770

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:13:07.589Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-22T04:15:07.670

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:13:34.153

Link: CVE-2024-23770

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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