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CVE-2024-3596VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeradius security update

Affects Red Hat freeradiusSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · fixed in Red Hat package updates : patch Red Hat freeradius soon.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:32 UTC

Severity
High

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

Patch
Available – fixed in 3.0.21

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Jul 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 an official security update fixing this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions should apply the freeradius package update (version 3.0.21-26.el9_0.1) as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:4912. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security update for FreeRADIUS addresses a forgery attack vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-3596. FreeRADIUS is a widely used RADIUS server for centralized network authentication and authorization. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform forgery attacks against the service. Red Hat has released an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 variants to fix this issue.

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