# Gnutls: incomplete fix for cve-2023-5981

CVE record · `CVE-2024-0553`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-0553`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** redhat
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-203](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/203.html)
- **Tags:** [Information disclosure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/info-disclosure.md)
- **Technologies:** [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-6-extended-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-8-extended-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-2-extended-update-support.md) · [Red Hat RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-rhodf-4-15-rhel-9.md) · [Red Hat RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-rhol-5-8-rhel-9.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-7.md)
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Nov 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 16 Jan 2024, 11:40 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Not given. Product: Not given.
  - affected: `3.8.0 to before 3.8.3` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://gnutls.org/download.html`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-8.el8_9.1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-8.el8_9.1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.3 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.2 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
  - unaffected: `0:3.7.6-23.el9_3.3 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
  - unaffected: `0:3.7.6-23.el9_3.3 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.2 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-37 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/cephcsi-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-68 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/mcg-core-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-158 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/mcg-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-39 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-58 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-158 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/ocs-client-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-13 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/ocs-client-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-81 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/ocs-metrics-exporter-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-158 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/ocs-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-79 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-22 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-cli-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-57 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-console-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-6 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-cosi-sidecar-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-158 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-csi-addons-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-15 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-csi-addons-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-15 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-csi-addons-sidecar-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-54 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-158 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-multicluster-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-10 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-multicluster-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-26 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-must-gather-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-158 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-19 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odf-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-158 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odr-cluster-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-158 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odr-hub-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-21 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/odr-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v4.15.0-103 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v5.8.6-22 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `openshift-logging/cluster-logging-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v5.8.6-11 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `openshift-logging/cluster-logging-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v6.8.1-407 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v5.8.6-19 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `openshift-logging/elasticsearch-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v1.0.0-479 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `openshift-logging/elasticsearch-proxy-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9.
  - unaffected: `v5.8.6-7 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `openshift-logging/elasticsearch-rhel9-operator`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`

And 13 more products. The full list is on the CVE record: <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0553>

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`, from CNA (redhat)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.016, the 76th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 16 Jan 2024, 11:40 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0553)
- 16 Jan 2024, 12:15 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0553)

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-0553](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0553)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-0553](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0553)

### References from the CNA

- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0533> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0627> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0796> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1082> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1108> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1383> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2094> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0553> (vdb-entry, redhat)
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258412> (issue-tracking, redhat)
- <https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1522>
- <https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2024-January/004841.html>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2024-0553>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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