CVE-2024-6284Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Firewall policy bypass via reversed IP-address encoding

Published Jul 3, 2024 · Updated Sep 8, 2025

Incorrect byte-order encoding in google/nftables 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass or misdirect IP-based firewall rules. Conn.AddSet marks ordinary set keys as native-endian even when callers supply network-order IPv4 or IPv6 bytes, so nft reverses the address representation. Exploitation requires an application to construct a set from attacker-influenced addresses; affected rules can admit blocked traffic or block legitimate traffic.

CVSS severity6.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.29%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
Coverage for this vulnerability

See if you're affected

Explore vulnerability checks for your environment with Hinoki.

Book a demo

Summary

What happened

Incorrect byte-order encoding in google/nftables 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass or misdirect IP-based firewall rules. Conn.AddSet marks ordinary set keys as native-endian even when callers supply network-order IPv4 or IPv6 bytes, so nft reverses the address representation. Exploitation requires an application to construct a set from attacker-influenced addresses; affected rules can admit blocked traffic or block legitimate traffic.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-6284
Published
Jul 3, 2024
Updated
Sep 8, 2025
Vendor
Google
Product
nftables
Classifications
CWE-1389, CWE-1286, T1562.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 3, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

Present is not the same as exploitable

Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.

Is a vulnerable build present?

Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.

  1. Affected versionversion=0.1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Google · nftablesversion=0.1.0
Netfilter · nftablesversion=0.1.0 <0.2.0

Published CVSS scores

6.3Google Inc.CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
7.3NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.

Daily unique IPsNo honeypot observations are available for this CVE in the selected window.

No observations available

Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-1389Incorrect Parsing of Numbers with Different Radices
CWE-1286Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input
T1562.004Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify System Firewall

Public exploit references

Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.

Technologies

Your stack

See the directory against your own environment.

Your stack

Check the software in your environment

Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.

Book a demo