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CVE-2024-24783VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: runc security update

Affects Red Hat runcSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 20:25 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 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 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.

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