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CVE-2024-21626VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:3.0 security update

Affects Red Hat container-tools:3.0Source GCVE Database

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Public exploit available (Metasploit) · 18% EPSS.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 10:36 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
18.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 97% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Feb 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    1 Metasploit module

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A security update for the container-tools:3.0 module is available from Red Hat for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants. Users should apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2024:0760) and the referenced article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the file descriptor leak in runc. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security update for the container-tools module in Red Hat Enterprise Linux addresses a file descriptor leak vulnerability in runc (CVE-2024-21626). This vulnerability could potentially expose sensitive information due to improper handling of file descriptors. The issue has been rated as having an important security impact by Red Hat and is classified with high severity. The vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants. A fix is available through the updated container-tools:3.0 module packages provided by Red Hat.

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