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CVE-2024-49761VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6 Client Bug Fix Update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-49761· Medium 6.6

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.6 Medium.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:04 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.6Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 4.06.6
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Oct 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated puppet-agent packages that fix the REXML ReDoS vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Satellite 6 client should upgrade to these updated packages as advised in the Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2025:15371. Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Follow the official Red Hat Satellite update documentation for detailed upgrade instructions. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.

Description

A ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) vulnerability (CVE-2024-49761) was identified in the puppet-agent component of Red Hat Satellite 6 client. Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution used to provision and configure systems without requiring public Internet access. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted input triggering inefficient regular expression processing. Red Hat has released updated packages that fix this issue and advises users to upgrade to these patched versions.

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