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CVE-2024-2398VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security update

Affects Red Hat curlSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:33 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Aug 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 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.

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