CVE-2024-5288
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Safe-error attack on TLS 1.3 protocol allows attackers to infer plaintext information through error message analysis.
- Who is affected
- TLS 1.3 implementations that leak distinguishable error information to network observers.
- Urgency
- Medium severity; exploitation requires error message leakage but can compromise confidentiality of encrypted traffic.
- Action
- Implement constant-time error responses or upgrade to TLS implementations with safe-error mitigations.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
⚡ Watch CVE-2024-5288
Get an email if CVE-2024-5288 is added to CISA KEV, gains public exploit code, or a new advisory cites it — max one per day, one-click unsubscribe.
Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.42% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 35% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- mediumCVE-2024-5288: Safe-error attack on TLS 1.3 Protocolmsrc · 2026-08-06
External references
Embed the live status
— this badge updates automatically when the KEV or exploit status changes. How to embed it →
[](https://www.csirts.com/cve/CVE-2024-5288)