CVE-2024-9355
Golang-fips: golang fips zeroed buffer
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 20th percentile. Only a workaround so far.
What to do
No fixed build is published yet. The vendor describes a workaround.
What it is
From the CVE record
Golang FIPS OpenSSL has a Use of Uninitialized Variable vulnerability
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 20th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
37 events over 720 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
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Affected products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Operating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update ServiceOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP SolutionsOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportOperating Systems / linux-distro
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Scored 6.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
- Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
- Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability LowReduced performance or intermittent disruption of service
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9355
- github.com/golang-fips/openssl/pull/198
- github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/4950
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