CVE-2024-8235VulnerabilityPublished 12 Nov 2024Updated 11 Oct 2026

SUSE · security update for libvirt

Affects SUSESource GCVE Database

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 9.5 when convenient.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

Severity

Medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 15% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 9.5

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Nov 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: 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 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade redhat/libvirt to 9.5.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hatredhat/libvirt`pkg:rpm/redhat/libvirt`Other threats	Affected >=9.0 <9.5	Fixed in 9.5

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AI-suggested

An official security update is available and should be applied to affected systems. The update is included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 and related packages such as libvirt-0:10.5.0-7.el9_5.x86_64 and libvirt-client-0:10.5.0-7.el9_5.x86_64. Administrators should follow Red Hat's guidance for applying this update as detailed in the advisory RHSA-2024:9128 and the linked article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security update for libvirt addresses a vulnerability (CVE-2024-8235) that causes a crash in the virtinterface component when invoking virConnectListInterfaces(). This affects user-space components used to run virtual machines with Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) on various hardware platforms. The issue is rated as medium severity and has an official patch available from Red Hat. The update is included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 and related distributions.

Impact

The vulnerability causes a crash in the libvirt virtinterface component, which may disrupt virtual machine management operations. The impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security. There is no indication of remote code execution or privilege escalation in the provided data. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.

Summary

The vulnerability CVE-2024-8235 in libvirt involves a crash triggered via the virtinterface when the virConnectListInterfaces() API is called. Libvirt provides user-space APIs for managing virtual machines running on KVM. This crash could potentially disrupt management operations of virtualized systems. The issue has been fixed in the libvirt packages updated for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 and related variants. The patch addresses the crash and improves stability of the virtinterface component.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: MediumCWE Top 25 (2025): #13OWASP Top 10 A10:2025: Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions (opens in a new tab)
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Implementation
For any pointers that could have been modified or provided from a function that can return NULL, check the pointer for NULL before use. When working with a multithreaded or otherwise asynchronous environment, ensure that proper locking APIs are used to lock before the check, and unlock when it has finished.
Requirements
Select a programming language that is not susceptible to these issues.
Implementation
Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is non-null before acting upon it.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
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Error Handling (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V11.1.7 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 11 Oct 2026, 22:30 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-476

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