6.3

CVE-2024-2379: QUIC certificate check bypass with wolfSSL

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2024-2379DEBIAN-CVE-2024-2379CGA-mp7h-xm5c-8gr6
Published 27-03-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-2379 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in apple macos. EPSS estimates a 1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.86%
0%100%
Low · +0.15 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
MGASA-2024-0099OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13805-1RHSA-2024:2693SUSE-SU-2025:20029-1CGA-6RJF-F6X6-R857CGA-8QRC-RJ3G-JGXW

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libcurl skips the certificate verification for a QUIC connection under certain conditions, when built to use wolfSSL. If told to use an unknown/bad cipher or curve, the error path accidentally skips the verification and returns OK, thus ignoring any certificate problems.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.15 pp

From 1.71% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (hackerone.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Netapp10 products
Chainguard2 products
  • curl< 8.7.1-r0
  • libcurl4All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi2 products
  • curl< 8.7.1-r0
  • libcurl4All versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine1 product
  • curl< 8.7.1-r0
Apple1 product
  • macos< 12.7.6 | ≥ 13.0, < 13.6.8 | ≥ 14.0, < 14.6
Curl1 product
Debian1 product
  • curlAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 8.7.1-1
Haxx1 product

8 vendors · 19 products

References

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