CVE-2024-24783

5.9 MEDIUM 0.7% exploit odds No fix listed

What it is

Verifying a certificate chain which contains a certificate with an unknown public key algorithm will cause Certificate.Verify to panic. This affects all crypto/tls clients, and servers that set Config.ClientAuth to VerifyClientCertIfGiven or RequireAndVerifyClientCert. The default behavior is for TLS servers to not verify client certificates.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data tampering.
Exploit odds: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

2024-03-05 23:15 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-06-17 07:14 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 0.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 5.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.

Details

Published: 2024-03-05 23:15 UTC
Last modified: 2026-06-17 07:14 UTC
Exploit probability: 0.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness: CWE-476 · NULL pointer dereference
Record status: Deferred

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.9

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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References

NVD record · CVE.org record