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CVE-2024-6119VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Affects Red Hat opensslSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 03:13 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 Sep 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 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.

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