Is CVE-2024-50602 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50602 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-10-15.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50602?

CVE-2024-50602 has a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2024-50602?

Patch guidance is available from netapp security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2024-50602.

CVE-2024-50602 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2024-50602?

12 products: netapp active iq unified manager, netapp solidfire \& hci management node, netapp solidfire \& hci storage node, netapp windows host utilities, debian debian linux, and 7 more.

Description

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: high
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-754

Metadata

Primary Vendor: NETAPP
Published: 10/27/2024
Last Modified: 10/15/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

netapp : active_iq_unified_managernetapp : solidfire_\&_hci_management_nodenetapp : solidfire_\&_hci_storage_nodenetapp : windows_host_utilitiesdebian : debian_linuxnetapp : hci_compute_nodenetapp : h300s_firmwarenetapp : h500s_firmwarenetapp : h700s_firmwarenetapp : h410s_firmwarenetapp : h410c_firmwarelibexpat_project : libexpat

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2024-50602. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2024-50602

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CVE-2024-50602 vulnerability