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CVE-2024-49761VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.16.5.3 Async Update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-49761· Medium 6.6

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.6 Medium · fixed in Red Hat package updates : update Red Hat when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:54 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.6Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 72% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.16.5.3
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. 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.

Description

Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution that allows organizations to configure and maintain their systems without the necessity to provide public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. It performs provisioning and configuration management of predefined standard operating environments. Security Fix(es): * puppet-agent: REXML ReDoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-49761) * puppetserver: REXML ReDoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-49761) * After upgrading from RHEL8 to RHEL9, the webhooks stopped working (SAT-37580) * foreman-rake rh_cloud:hybridcloud_register task is broken (SAT-37586) Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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