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CVE-2024-6284: Improper IPv4 and IPv6 byte order storage in github.com/google/nftables
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2024-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-1286
Description
In https://github.com/google/nftables IP addresses were encoded in the wrong byte order, resulting in an nftables configuration which does not work as intended (might block or not block the desired addresses). This issue affects: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/nftables@v0.1.0 The bug was fixed in the next released version: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/nftables@v0.2.0
Affected products
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/crowdsec-firewall-bouncer/+bug/2069596
- https://github.com/crowdsecurity/cs-firewall-bouncer/issues/368
- https://github.com/google/nftables/issues/225
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/crowdsec-firewall-bouncer/+bug/2069596
- https://github.com/crowdsecurity/cs-firewall-bouncer/issues/368
- https://github.com/google/nftables/issues/225
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