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CVE-2024-24783VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: containernetworking-plugins security update

Affects Red Hat containernetworking-pluginsSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 20:25 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 51% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Sep 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  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 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated containernetworking-plugins packages that address this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:6186. For detailed instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update.

Description

A security update for the containernetworking-plugins package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux addresses a vulnerability (CVE-2024-24783) in the golang crypto/x509 library. The flaw causes the Verify function to panic when processing certificates with an unknown public key algorithm. This issue affects network interface configuration in Linux containers. Red Hat has rated the update as having a moderate security impact and has released patches for multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 variants.

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