CVE-2024-3094

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

90.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

10.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-03-29 16:51Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-04 07:05Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-03-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 10.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-506Embedded Malicious CodeClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f9f0858cc058006963ed8338b802cadaf559f4fa5c501c53752407dfaf3227f9

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• bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/928134
• bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222124
• discourse.nixos.orghttps://discourse.nixos.org/t/cve-2024-3094-malicious-code-in-xz-5-6-0-and-5-6-1-tarballs/42405
• gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/thesamesam/223949d5a074ebc3dce9ee78baad9e27
• github.comhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rxwq-x6h5-x525
• github.comhttps://github.com/amlweems/xzbot
• github.comhttps://github.com/karcherm/xz-malware
• gynvael.coldwind.plhttps://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?lang=en&id=782
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html
• lists.freebsd.orghttps://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2024-March/000248.html
• lwn.nethttps://lwn.net/Articles/967180/
• news.ycombinator.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39865810
• news.ycombinator.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39877267
• news.ycombinator.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39895344
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• research.swtch.comhttps://research.swtch.com/xz-script
• research.swtch.comhttps://research.swtch.com/xz-timeline
• security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-3094
• security.alpinelinux.orghttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-3094
• security.archlinux.orghttps://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2024-3094
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240402-0001/
• tukaani.orghttps://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/LetsDefendIO/status/1774804387417751958
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/debian/status/1774219194638409898
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/infosecb/status/1774595540233167206
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/infosecb/status/1774597228864139400
• ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-3094
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/03/29/reported-supply-chain-compromise-affecting-xz-utils-data-compression-library-cve-2024-3094
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• www.kali.orghttps://www.kali.org/blog/about-the-xz-backdoor/
• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/blog/frequently-asked-questions-cve-2024-3094-supply-chain-backdoor-in-xz-utils
• www.theregister.comhttps://www.theregister.com/2024/03/29/malicious_backdoor_xz/
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• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/30/12
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• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/10
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/30/36
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/16/5
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/8
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/30/5
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/5
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4