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CVE-2022-24976

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2022-02-14
  • Fixed in7.2.12
  • WeaknessCWE-287

Am I affected?

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Description

Atheme IRC Services before 7.2.12, when used in conjunction with InspIRCd, allows authentication bypass by ending an IRC handshake at a certain point during a challenge-response login sequence.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-02-1412:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Atheme
BranchAffectedFixed in
7.2≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.127.2.12

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • athemeSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4all versions · fixed in 7.2.12-bp154.2.3.1
  • athemeSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 7.2.12-bp153.2.3.1
  • athemeopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 7.2.12-2.1
  • athemeopenSUSE:Leap 15.4all versions · fixed in 7.2.12-bp154.2.3.1
  • athemeopenSUSE:Leap 15.3all versions · fixed in 7.2.12-bp153.2.3.1
  • atheme-servicesUbuntu:26.10all versions · no fixed version listed
  • atheme-servicesUbuntu:26.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • atheme-servicesUbuntu:25.10all versions · no fixed version listed

8 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Atheme to 7.2.12

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published
2022-02-14
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-3fv4-6wvg-x83x

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24976?

Atheme IRC Services before 7.2.12, when used in conjunction with InspIRCd, allows authentication bypass by ending an IRC handshake at a certain point during a challenge-response login sequence.

Is CVE-2022-24976 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-24976 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.8% on 2026-11-09, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-24976?

CVE-2022-24976 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

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