# RHSA-2024:2396: squashfs-tools security update

RHSA-2024:2396, released April 30, 2024, fixes 2 CVEs in squashfs-tools (version 0:4.4-10.git1.el9). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2396
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Apr 30, 2024
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2021-40153, high severity)
- CVEs: 2, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2396

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [squashfs-tools](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/squashfs-tools.md) | RHEL 9 | 0:4.4-10.git1.el9 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2021-40153](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2021-40153.md) | High | squashfs-tools: SquashFS is a highly compressed read-only file system for Linux | 8.1 | 0.0250 |  |
| [CVE-2021-41072](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2021-41072.md) | High | squashfs-tools: SquashFS is a highly compressed read-only file system for Linux | 8.1 | 0.0230 |  |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo