Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL/Enterprise Linux D-Bus instance_create cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL and Enterprise Linux. This affects the function instance_create of the component D-Bus. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-52336. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL and Enterprise Linux (affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function instance_create of the component D-Bus. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A script injection vulnerability was identified in the Tuned package. The `instance_create()` D-Bus function can be called by locally logged-in users without authentication. This flaw allows a local non-privileged user to execute a D-Bus call with `script_pre` or `script_post` options that permit arbitrary scripts with their absolute paths to be passed. These user or attacker-controlled executable scripts or programs could then be executed by Tuned with root privileges that could allow attackers to local privilege escalation.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-52336 since 11/08/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/09/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211878 (RHEL 9 : tuned (RHSA-2024:10384)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (211878) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-46268). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Operating System

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• Red Hat

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• Enterprise Linux
• Fast Datapath for RHEL

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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