Red Hat Security Advisory: freeradius security update
Affects Red Hat freeradiusSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:19 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 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 updated FreeRADIUS packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants that fix CVE-2024-3596. Users should apply these official patches as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2024:4828) and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the update.
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 authentication and authorization. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform forgery attacks against the service. Red Hat has released patches for this issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants. The update is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security.