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CVE-2024-24783VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: gvisor-tap-vsock security update

Affects Red Hat gvisor-tap-vsockSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 20:25 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 51% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Sep 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 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated gvisor-tap-vsock packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its Extended Update Support versions. Users should apply these official updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the provided patches.

Description

A security update for gvisor-tap-vsock addresses a vulnerability in the golang crypto/x509 package where the Verify function panics on certificates with an unknown public key algorithm (CVE-2024-24783). This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its Extended Update Support versions across multiple architectures. The vulnerability is rated as moderate in severity by Red Hat Product Security.

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