Red Hat Security Advisory: freeradius security update
Affects Red Hat freeradiusSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:20 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 31 Jul 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 an official security update for FreeRADIUS in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle variants. Users should apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the forgery attack vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A security update for FreeRADIUS addresses a vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-3596, which involves a forgery attack. FreeRADIUS is a widely used RADIUS server for centralized authentication and authorization. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory for this vulnerability affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. The update mitigates the forgery attack issue. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 versions are advised to apply the provided update to remediate the vulnerability.