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CVE record · CVE-2024-6409

Openssh: possible remote code execution due to a race condition in signal handling affecting red hat enterprise linux 9

CVSS 7.0 HighCriticalEPSS 0.28 · 98th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 7.0 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.28 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 8 Jul 2024, 17:57 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
VendorProductVersions
Not given Not given Package name: OpenSSH https://www.openssh.com/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: openssh https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.4 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: openssh https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.4 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: openssh https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:8.7p1-12.el9_0.3 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Package name: openssh https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.7 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 413.92.202408122222-0 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 414.92.202407300859-0 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 415.92.202407301159-0 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 416.94.202407171205-0 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: openssh https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: openssh https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: openssh https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: openssh https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2024-6409
CNA
redhat
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-364
Tags
Published
8 Jul 2024
Updated
3 Nov 2026

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

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.0 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H CNA (redhat)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.28, the 98th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2024, 17:57 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 8 Jul 2024, 18:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

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.