Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2024-3596

RADIUS Protocol under RFC 2865 is susceptible to forgery attacks by a local attacker who can modify any valid Response (Access-Accept, Access-Reject, or Access-Challen…

Published Jul 9, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · the affected product

Last checked Oct 24, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check this week

CVE-2024-3596 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 14.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Gaps on this record

  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Critical9.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
14.86%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe broadcom/brocade sannav · cpe broadcom/fabric operating system · cpe freeradius/freeradius · cpe sonicwall/sonicos

RADIUS Protocol under RFC 2865 is susceptible to forgery attacks by a local attacker who can modify any valid Response (Access-Accept, Access-Reject, or Access-Challenge) to any other response using a chosen-prefix collision attack against MD5 Response Authenticator signature.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe broadcom/brocade sannavversion unspecified
  • cpe broadcom/fabric operating systemversion unspecified
  • cpe freeradius/freeradiusversion unspecified
  • cpe sonicwall/sonicosversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-3596

  • No stored fix

    No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.

  • Version check

    No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.

  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-3596 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 14.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-354; CWE-924. EPSS 14.86%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 9, 2024 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    RADIUS Protocol under RFC 2865 is susceptible to forgery attacks by a local attacker who can modify any valid Response (Access-Accept, Access-Reject, or Access-Challenge) to any other response using a chosen-prefix collision attack against MD5 Response Authenticator signature.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    RADIUS Protocol under RFC 2865 is susceptible to forgery attacks by a local attacker who can modify any valid Response (Access-Accept, Access-Reject, or Access-Challenge) to any other response using a chosen-prefix collision attack against MD5 Response Authenticator signature.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-3596

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-3596

    30-day exploitation probability 14.86%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-3596

    RADIUS Protocol under RFC 2865 is susceptible to forgery attacks by a local attacker who can modify any valid Response (Access-Accept, Access-Reject, or Access-Challenge) to any other response using a chosen-prefix collision attack against MD5 Response Authenticator signature.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 24, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 16, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 15, 2026