PatchTheCVECVE-2024-9355: A vulnerability was found in Golang FIPS OpenSSL
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MEDIUM 6.5WATCHLIST
CVE-2024-9355 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) affecting affected software. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.
A vulnerability was found in Golang FIPS OpenSSL. This flaw allows a malicious user to randomly cause an uninitialized buffer length variable with a zeroed buffer to be returned in FIPS mode. It may also be possible to force a false positive match between non-equal hashes when comparing a trusted computed hmac sum to an untrusted input sum if an attacker can send a zeroed buffer in place of a pre-computed sum. It is also possible to force a deri
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A fixed release or distro patch exists.
Risk facts
| CVSS score | 6.5 (Medium) |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges needed | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| EPSS exploit chance | 0.3% (top 79%) |
| CISA exploited list | No |
| Weakness | CWE-457 |
| Published | 2024-10-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-10-22 |
Publisher (CNA): Red Hat, Inc.
Timeline
- Published CVE record published
- Updated Record last modified
Exact fixes by distribution
Go · github.com/golang-fips/openssl · NO FIX YET · vulnerable: <= 2.0.3 · source
Fedora 46 · wasmedge · FIXED · 0.18.1-1.fc46 · FEDORA-2026-4c27216e39 · source
sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=FEDORA-2026-4c27216e39
RHEL 7 Extended Lifecycle Support · rhc-worker-script · FIXED · rhc-worker-script-0.10-2.el7_9
sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=RHSA-2024:10133
rpm -q rhc-worker-script
RHEL 8 · grafana · FIXED · grafana-9.2.10-20.el8_10
sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=RHSA-2024:8327
rpm -q grafana
RHEL 8 · grafana-pcp · FIXED · grafana-pcp-5.1.1-9.el8_10
sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=RHSA-2024:8847
rpm -q grafana-pcp
RHEL 8 · osbuild-composer · FIXED · osbuild-composer-101.5-2.el8_10
sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=RHSA-2026:66016
rpm -q osbuild-composer
RHEL 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · osbuild-composer · FIXED · osbuild-composer-46.3-8.el8_6
sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=RHSA-2026:69235
rpm -q osbuild-composer
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