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CVE-2024-7409VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security update

Affects Red Hat qemu-kvmSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

EPSS
1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 63% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Oct 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/qemu-kvmpkg:rpm/redhat/qemu-kvmOther threatsAffected
  • =9.4
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for qemu-kvm to address CVE-2024-7409. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:9912 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Systems running affected versions should be updated promptly to mitigate the risk. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2024-7409) exists in the QEMU NBD server component used by qemu-kvm, caused by improper synchronization during socket closure. This affects the user-space virtualization component in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related versions. The issue has been rated as moderate severity by Red Hat. A security update is available to address this vulnerability.

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