Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:rhel8 security update
Affects Red Hat container-tools:rhel8Source GCVE Database
Public exploit available (Metasploit) · 18% EPSS.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 10:36 UTC
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
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 Feb 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: evidence found.
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
Red Hat has released updated packages for the container-tools module in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle Long Life versions that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the file descriptor leak in runc. Refer to Red Hat's official advisory RHSA-2024:0759 and the update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed remediation steps.
Description
A security update for the container-tools module in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 addresses a file descriptor leak vulnerability in runc (CVE-2024-21626). This issue could lead to resource exhaustion or unintended information disclosure. The vulnerability has been rated as important by Red Hat Product Security. A fix is available in the updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle Long Life versions. Public exploit code is available via Metasploit, but no exploitation in the wild has been reported.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0759 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2024-001 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258725 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_0759.json (opens in a new tab)