Comments in display names are incorrectly handled in net/mail
Priority MEDIUM 41Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 15 fixed, 20 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
The ParseAddressList function incorrectly handles comments (text within parentheses) within display names. Since this is a misalignment with conforming address parsers, it can result in different trust decisions being made by programs using different parsers.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0105 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial net/mail (Go standard library): 1.21.8, 1.22.1Red Hat: 17 advisoriesRed Hat: 15 fixed, 20 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go standard library | net/mail | before 1.21.8; 1.22.0-0 to before 1.22.1 | 1.21.8, 1.22.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- net/mail VendorGo standard library Affected before 1.21.8; 1.22.0-0 to before 1.22.1 Fixed in 1.21.8, 1.22.1 Patch available CNA
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:go_standard_library:net\/mail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | — |
- cpe:2.3:a:go_standard_library:net\/mail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—
Remediation
- Fix · CNA net/mail (Go standard library) Fixed in 1.21.8, 1.22.1
Red Hat 17 advisories
- RHSA-2025:9776 Released 2025-06-26 · Red Hat rating ImportantNew RHCS 8.1 container image is now available in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog.
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 Tools rhceph/grafana-rhel9, rhceph/keepalived-rhel9, rhceph/oauth2-proxy-rhel9 +4
- RHSA-2024:9485 Released 2024-11-13 · Red Hat rating ImportantControl plane Operators for RHOSO 18.0.3 (Feature Release 1) security update
- 9Base-RHOSO-1.0-PODIFIED rhoso-operators/barbican-rhel9-operator, rhoso-operators/cinder-rhel9-operator, rhoso-operators/designate-rhel9-operator +22
- RHSA-2024:6969 Released 2024-09-24 · Red Hat rating Moderatecontainer-tools:rhel8 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) aardvark-dns-2:1.10.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22283+6d6d094a.aarch64::container-tools:rhel8, aardvark-dns-2:1.10.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22283+6d6d094a.ppc64le::container-tools:rhel8, aardvark-dns-2:1.10.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22283+6d6d094a.s390x::container-tools:rhel8 +47
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- RHSA-2024:4520 Released 2024-07-11 · Red Hat rating ImportantMigration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 1.7.16 security and bug fix update
- 8Base-RHMTC-1.7 rhmtc/openshift-migration-controller-rhel8, rhmtc/openshift-migration-registry-rhel8, rhmtc/openshift-migration-rsync-transfer-rhel8 +2
- RHSA-2024:3617 Released 2024-07-01 · Red Hat rating ModerateKube Descheduler Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 5.0.1 for RHEL 9
- KDO 5.0 for RHEL 9 kube-descheduler-operator/descheduler-rhel9, kube-descheduler-operator/kube-descheduler-operator-bundle, kube-descheduler-operator/kube-descheduler-rhel9-operator
- RHSA-2024:3637 Released 2024-07-01 · Red Hat rating ModerateSecondary Scheduler Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.3.0 for RHEL 9
- OSSO 1.3 for RHEL 9 openshift-secondary-scheduler-operator/secondary-scheduler-operator-bundle, openshift-secondary-scheduler-operator/secondary-scheduler-rhel9-operator
- RHSA-2024:1616 Released 2024-07-01 · Red Hat rating ImportantRun Once Duration Override Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.1.1 for RHEL 9
- RODOO 1.1 for RHEL 9 run-once-duration-override-operator/run-once-duration-override-operator-bundle, run-once-duration-override-operator/run-once-duration-override-rhel9, run-once-duration-override-operator/run-once-duration-override-rhel9-operator
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- RHSA-2024:0041 Released 2024-06-27 · Red Hat rating CriticalOpenShift Container Platform 4.16.0 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 openshift4/aws-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9, openshift4/azure-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9, openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel9 +47
- RHSA-2024:4028 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of OpenShift Serverless 1.33.0 security update & enhancements
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- Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 openshift-serverless-clients-1.12.0-7.el8
- RHSA-2024:3790 Released 2024-06-11 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) 1.3.2 security and bug fix update
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- RHSA-2024:3621 Released 2024-06-05 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.2.0 operator/operand containers update
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- RHSA-2024:3259 Released 2024-05-22 · Red Hat rating Importantgo-toolset:rhel8 security update
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- RHSA-2024:2941 Released 2024-05-21 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHACS 4.4 enhancement and security update
- RHACS 4.4 for RHEL 8 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-central-db-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-collector-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-collector-slim-rhel8 +10
- RHSA-2024:2562 Released 2024-04-30 · Red Hat rating Importantgolang security update
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Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Certification Program for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Openshift Sandboxed Containers | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Service Interconnect 1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| 8Base-MTV-2.6 | Fixed | — |
| 8Base-RHMTC-1.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:4520 |
| 9Base-OADP-1.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3790 |
| 9Base-RHOSO-1.0-PODIFIED | Fixed | RHSA-2024:9485 |
| KDO 5.0 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3617 |
| OSSO 1.3 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3637 |
| RHACS 4.4 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:2941 |
| RODOO 1.1 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:1616 |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 Tools | Fixed | RHSA-2025:9776 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3259, RHSA-2024:5258, RHSA-2024:6969 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:2562 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:0041, RHSA-2024:0045 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:4023 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.33 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:4028 |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3621 |
Not affected: 12 products
- 8Base-RHMTC-1.7
- 9Base-OADP-1.3
- Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- Logical Volume Manager Storage
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
- cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-24784
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fgq5-q76c-gx78
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: 8Base-MTV-2.6 · Red Hat
References
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- TI-2024-16309 Panic when parsing invalid palette-color images in golang.org/x/image CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-20112 Request smuggling due to improper request handling in golang.org/x/net/http2/h2c CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-24784 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-24784 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fgq5-q76c-gx78 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-24784 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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