Red Hat Security Advisory: runc security update
Affects Red Hat runcSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 20:25 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 51% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 3 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 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for runC in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update support versions. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:6188 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A security update for the runC container runtime tool addresses a vulnerability (CVE-2024-24783) in the golang crypto/x509 package where certificate verification panics on certificates with an unknown public key algorithm. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update support versions. The vulnerability has been rated as moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security.