CVE-2024-12401

Summary

A flaw was found in the cert-manager package. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify PEM data that the cert-manager reads, for example, in a Secret resource, to use large amounts of CPU in the cert-manager controller pod to effectively create a denial-of-service (DoS) vector for the cert-manager in the cluster.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
0 <= 1.12.14affected
1.13.0-alpha.0 <= 1.15.4affected
1.16.0-alpha.0 <= 1.16.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References