Red Hat Security Advisory: krb5 security update
Affects Red Hat krb5Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:17 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Nov 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 krb5 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to fix CVE-2024-3596. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:8860 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update will remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A security update for krb5 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 addresses a vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-3596, which involves a forgery attack in freeradius. Kerberos is a network authentication system that enhances security by avoiding unencrypted password transmission. This update fixes the vulnerability to prevent potential forgery attacks. The advisory rates the impact as Important (high severity).
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8860 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2263240 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-50253 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_8860.json (opens in a new tab)