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CVE-2024-2961VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.67 bug fix and security update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-2961· High 7.3

Public exploit available (Metasploit) · 88% EPSS · CVSS 7.3 High : upgrade the affected Debian packages to 2.40 as a priority.

Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 08:20 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
88.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 99% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.40
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Apr 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    1 Metasploit module

  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 31 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade glibc and the Debian debian/glibc package and the Red Hat redhat/glibc package to 2.40.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
The GNU C LibraryglibcAffected
  • >=2.1.93 <2.40
Fixed in
  • 2.40
Debiandebian/glibcpkg:deb/debian/glibcOther threatsAffected
  • <2.40
Fixed in
  • 2.40
Red Hatredhat/glibcpkg:rpm/redhat/glibcOther threatsAffected
  • <2.40
Fixed in
  • 2.40

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AI-suggested

A fixed version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.67 is available containing patches for these vulnerabilities. Users should upgrade to this release as soon as it is available via the appropriate release channel. Upgrades can be performed using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or the web console. Detailed upgrade instructions are provided in the official Red Hat documentation. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the update.

Description

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.67 includes security updates addressing two vulnerabilities: an out-of-bounds write in glibc's iconv component (CVE-2024-2961) that may lead to remote code execution, and an open redirect issue in WebOb's location header normalization (CVE-2024-42353). These issues are fixed in this release, and users are advised to upgrade to the updated packages and container images. The advisory provides instructions for upgrading and references for further details.

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