Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update
Affects Red Hat opensslSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 03:13 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Sep 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 1 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated OpenSSL packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security updates as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:6783 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official patches.
Description
A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-6119) in OpenSSL affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The flaw involves a possible denial of service caused by issues in X.509 name checks. Red Hat has released security updates to address this issue.