Red Hat Security Advisory: freeradius:3.0 security update
Affects Red Hat freeradius:3.0Source 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 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 an official security update for FreeRADIUS 3.0 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle Long Life versions. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the vulnerability. Since an official fix is available, applying the update is the recommended mitigation.
Description
A security update has been issued for FreeRADIUS 3.0 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 to address 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 a forgery attack. Red Hat has rated this update as having an Important security impact and has released patches for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle Long Life versions. Users are advised to apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory.