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CVE-2024-45490VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.5 security update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Authoritative record:CVE-2024-45490· Critical 9.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical : upgrade Red Hat to 2.6.3 as a priority.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 76% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.6.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Aug 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade libexpat/libexpat to 2.6.3.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHublibexpat/libexpatpkg:github/libexpat/libexpatOther threatsAffected
  • <2.6.3
Fixed in
  • 2.6.3

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated container images and RPM packages for OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.5 that fix the libexpat vulnerabilities. Upgrades can be performed using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console following Red Hat's official cluster update instructions. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.

Description

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.5 includes security updates addressing three vulnerabilities in the libexpat library: a negative length parsing vulnerability (CVE-2024-45490) and two integer overflow issues (CVE-2024-45491 and CVE-2024-45492). These vulnerabilities have been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. The update is available as container images and RPM packages, and users are advised to upgrade their OpenShift 4.17 clusters accordingly. Detailed upgrade instructions and release notes are provided by Red Hat.

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