CVE-2024-11738
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in Rustls 0.23.13 and related APIs. This vulnerability allows denial of service (panic) via a fragmented TLS ClientHello message.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.3–7.5
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affected products (9)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-0686IBM DataPower Gateway: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-04-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM DataPower Gateway ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, oder seine Privilegien zu erweitern.
- GHSA-qg5g-gv98-5ffhrustls network-reachable panic in `Acceptor::accept`2024-11-25ghsa · osvUS
A bug introduced in rustls 0.23.13 leads to a panic if the received TLS ClientHello is fragmented. Only servers that use `rustls::server::Acceptor::accept()` are affected. Servers that use `tokio-rustls`'s `LazyConfigAcceptor` API are affected. Servers that use `tokio-rustls`'s `TlsAcceptor` API are not affected. Servers that use `rustls-ffi`'s `rustls_acceptor_accept` API are affected.
- RUSTSEC-2024-0399rustls network-reachable panic in `Acceptor::accept`2024-11-22vendor · osvUS
A bug introduced in rustls 0.23.13 leads to a panic if the received TLS ClientHello is fragmented. Only servers that use `rustls::server::Acceptor::accept()` are affected. Servers that use `tokio-rustls`'s `LazyConfigAcceptor` API are affected. Servers that use `tokio-rustls`'s `TlsAcceptor` API are not affected. Servers that use `rustls-ffi`'s `rustls_acceptor_accept` API are affected.
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references (18)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11738cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328732cnnvd
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg5g-gv98-5ffhcnnvd
- https://github.com/rustls/rustlscnnvd
- https://github.com/rustls/rustls/issues/2227cnnvd
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0399.htmlcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11738enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328732enisa_euvd
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