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CVE-2024-5535VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Affects Red Hat openssl security,Source GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 07:42 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

EPSS
5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 92% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    Public exploit code: GitHub proofs of concept

  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), GitHub proofs of concept, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated OpenSSL packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the provided patches.

Description

Red Hat has issued a security advisory for OpenSSL addressing two vulnerabilities: a buffer overread in SSL_select_next_proto (CVE-2024-5535) and a heap use-after-free in PKCS7_verify() (CVE-2026-45447). These issues affect OpenSSL as implemented in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6. The advisory includes bug fixes and enhancements alongside the security updates.

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