CVE-2024-6284 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-6284

Improper IPv4 and IPv6 byte order storage in github.com/google/nftables

Vulnerability 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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

https://github.com/google/nftables
Vulnerable Versions:
0.1.0, 0.2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 3rd, 2024
Last Modified: September 8th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1286 CWE-1389

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.