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CVE-2024-24790VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update

Affects Red Hat go-toolset:rhel8Source GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 10:57 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

EPSS
1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 80% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Nov 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 3 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:8876. For instructions on applying the update, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

Description

A security update for the Go Toolset in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 addresses an unexpected behavior in the net/netip package's Is methods for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses (CVE-2024-24790). This issue could cause incorrect behavior when handling certain IP address types. Red Hat has rated the security impact as moderate and has released updated packages to fix the issue.

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