A malformed DNS message in response to a query can cause the Lookup functions to get stuck in an infinite loop.
CVE-2024-24788
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.0% (61st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 27EG Risk 27/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity59% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 1.0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 61st
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
May 8, 2024
Last Modified
April 15, 2026
References (14)
- security@golanghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/08/3
- security@golanghttps://go.dev/cl/578375
- security@golanghttps://go.dev/issue/66754
- security@golanghttps://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/wkkO4P9stm0
- security@golanghttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2824
- security@golanghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240605-0002/
- security@golanghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0001/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/08/3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://go.dev/cl/578375
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://go.dev/issue/66754
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/wkkO4P9stm0
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2824
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240605-0002/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0001/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-24788(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2024-24788Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
Malformed DNS message can cause infinite loop in net
- RHSA-2025:9776Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: New RHCS 8.1 container image is now available in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog.
- RHSA-2025:7256Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: git-lfs security update
- RHSA-2025:4240Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated 6.1 container image is now available in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog.
- RHEA-2025:0507Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Enhancement Advisory: Advisory for publishing Helm 3.15.4 GA release
- RHSA-2024:9485Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Control plane Operators for RHOSO 18.0.3 (Feature Release 1) security update
- RHSA-2024:9115Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: grafana security update
- RHSA-2024:9277Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: oci-seccomp-bpf-hook security update
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Patch Availability(28)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| stdlib | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHBA-2024:3840MODERATE2024-05-08
RHBA-2024:3840 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4613MODERATE2024-05-08
RHSA-2024:4613 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4616MODERATE2024-05-08
RHSA-2024:4616 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4697MODERATE2024-05-08
RHSA-2024:4697 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4872MODERATE2024-05-08
RHSA-2024:4872 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4982MODERATE2024-05-08
RHSA-2024:4982 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:5013MODERATE2024-05-08
RHSA-2024:5013 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:5291MODERATE2024-05-08
RHSA-2024:5291 — Moderate
Data Freshness Timeline
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