Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security update
Affects Red Hat curlSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:33 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 19 Aug 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated curl packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants to fix this memory leak vulnerability. Users should apply the official updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2024:5529) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the provided patches.
Description
A memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2024-2398) affecting the curl utility and libcurl library has been addressed by Red Hat. The issue involves HTTP/2 push headers causing a memory leak. Red Hat has released updates for multiple versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to fix this vulnerability. The security impact is rated as moderate, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.