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CVE-2024-34459VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.3 Technology Preview security update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-34459· High 7.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade Red Hat libxml2 to 2.12.7 or 2.11.8 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:58 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.12.7, 2.11.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 May 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

Upgrade gnome/libxml2 to 2.12.7 or 2.11.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHubgnome/libxml2pkg:github/gnome/libxml2Other threatsAffected
  • <2.11.8
  • <2.12.7
Fixed in
  • 2.11.8
  • 2.12.7

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Description

Technology Preview features are not fully supported, may not be functionally complete, and are not suitable for deployment in production.

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