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 4 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 updated krb5 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 that fix the forgery attack vulnerability (CVE-2024-3596). Users should apply these official updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2024:8794) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the provided patches.
Description
A security update for krb5 addresses a vulnerability in the freeradius component that allows a forgery attack (CVE-2024-3596). Kerberos is a network authentication system that improves security by avoiding unencrypted password transmission. This issue has been rated as important by Red Hat and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants. The update fixes the vulnerability by patching the affected packages.