9.8

CVE-2024-24790: Unexpected behavior from Is methods for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses in net/netip

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:0302-1SUSE-SU-2025:0377-1RHSA-2024:8876
Published 05-06-2024Last modified 13-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-24790 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in go standard library net/netip. EPSS estimates a 1.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.95%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 31 · Related 696
MGASA-2024-0217OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14020-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14023-1RHEA-2025:0507RHSA-2024:4212RHSA-2024:4237

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Timeline

  1. 05-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The various Is methods (IsPrivate, IsLoopback, etc) did not work as expected for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses, returning false for addresses which would return true in their traditional IPv4 forms.

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 8 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.95% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Chainguard199 products
  • aactl< 0.4.12-r13
  • actions-runner-controller< 0.9.2-r1
  • actions-runner-controller-fips< 0.9.2-r2
  • addon-resizer< 1.8.21-r1
  • addon-resizer-fips< 1.8.21-r3
Alpine1 product
  • go≥ 1.22.0, < 1.22.4-r0

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