# CVE-2024-10933: OpenBSD readdir directory traversal

- Severity: CVSS 4.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.5 errata 009, 7.4 errata 022
- Published: 2024-12-05 · Updated: 2024-12-05

## Affected

- OpenBSD: from 7.5, fixed in 7.5 errata 009; from 7.4, fixed in 7.4 errata 022

## Description

In OpenBSD 7.5 before errata 009 and OpenBSD 7.4 before errata 022, exclude any '/' in readdir name validation to avoid unexpected directory traversal on untrusted file systems.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenBSD, upgrade to a fixed version (7.5 errata 009, 7.4 errata 022) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.4/common/022_readdir.patch.sig
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.5/common/009_readdir.patch.sig

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