Red Hat Security Advisory: orc:0.4.31 security update
Affects Red Hat orc:0.4.31Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:05 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Aug 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated Orc packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:5638 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update will remediate the stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-40897) has been identified in the Orc library version 0.4.31 used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support. Orc is a library and toolset for compiling and executing simple programs operating on arrays of data, supporting SIMD-like operations. This vulnerability has been rated with moderate security impact by Red Hat Product Security. A security update addressing this issue is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants.