CVE-2024-24788VulnerabilityPublished 24 Jul 2024Updated 10 Oct 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.4 packages and security update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

Mentioned vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-34064

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 4.16.4 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

Severity

Medium

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

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 62% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 4.16.4

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Jul 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 2026-10-26.

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 Red Hat to 4.16.4.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hat Product Security Red Hat	Affected >=4.16.0 <4.16.4 Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16	Fixed in 4.16.4

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.4 packages and container images that fix these vulnerabilities. Users running versions >=4.16.0 and <4.16.4 should upgrade to 4.16.4 using the OpenShift CLI or web console following the official upgrade instructions. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.

Description

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.4. See the following advisory for the container images for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4613 Security Fix(es): * golang: net: malformed DNS message can cause infinite loop (CVE-2024-24788) * jinja2: accepts keys containing non-attribute characters (CVE-2024-34064) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html

Impact

The vulnerabilities could cause denial-of-service conditions due to infinite loops in DNS message processing (CVE-2024-24788) and potential security risks from improper key handling in jinja2 templates (CVE-2024-34064). Red Hat classifies the overall impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.

Summary

This advisory covers security updates for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.4, which fixes two vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-24788 involves a flaw in the golang net package where malformed DNS messages can cause an infinite loop. CVE-2024-34064 pertains to the jinja2 template engine accepting keys containing non-attribute characters, potentially leading to security issues. The update is provided as RPM packages and container images. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate and recommends upgrading to 4.16.4 to remediate these vulnerabilities.

CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (opens in a new tab)
Base weakness
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 11 Aug 2026, 20:28 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-835, CWE-79

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