Vulnerability in Red Hat Devworkspace Operator 0.33
CVE-2024-8176
A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat can be forced to recurse indef…
EPSS: 0.016 (72.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Red Hat Devworkspace Operator 0.33 — versions sha256:937e1dff95d06b971adee9aeb55e0e2e963b6b14594f30354bb9cdb039c081dd, 0.33-1744075017
- Red Hat Discovery 1.14 — versions sha256:492e412759cf0eedfa5b557f7b0865f8864f84d0ed75e11dc8d7a840837d9644, 1.14.2-1748467619, sha256:ad1045aa0de937c3a6969ec377f7bfeda9a44ee434a954e8245e9840316ffc1c
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — versions 0:2.7.1-1.el10_0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — versions 0:2.2.5-17.el8_10, 0:1.51.0-11.el8_10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support — versions 0:2.2.10-1.el8_2, 0:1.51.0-5.el8_2.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support — versions 0:2.2.10-1.el8_4, 0:1.51.0-5.el8_4.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-life Add-on — versions 0:2.2.10-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service — versions 0:1.51.0-5.el8_4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-8176?
- CVE-2024-8176 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Devworkspace Operator 0.33, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-03-14.
- How severe is CVE-2024-8176?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-8176 known to be exploited?
- 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.