Vulnerability in OpenSC (CVE-2024-45620)
Summary
Vulnerability in OpenSC (CVE-2024-45620). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability was found in the pkcs15-init tool in OpenSC. An attacker could use a crafted USB Device or Smart Card, which would present the system with a specially crafted response to APDUs. When buffers are partially filled with data, initialized parts of the buffer can be incorrectly accessed.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-45620 has been found in OpenSC.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "OpenSC CVE-2024-45620" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-45620 (OpenSC) — CWE-120 / CVSS v3 3.9
Attack vector: physical / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-120) exists in OpenSC.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of OpenSC.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.9/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'OpenSC' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'OpenSC' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
OpenSCを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45620 opensc Fixed in: 0.21.0-1+deb11u1
References
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- report bugzilla.redhat.com
- web lists.debian.org
- web access.redhat.com