CVE-2024-6840
6.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Summary
An improper authorization flaw exists in the Ansible Automation Controller. This flaw allows an attacker using the k8S API server to send an HTTP request with a service account token mounted via automountServiceAccountToken: true, resulting in privilege escalation to a service account.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5.10-1 < 4.5.10-1 | affected | ||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | 0:4.5.10-1.el8ap < * | unaffected |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 | 0:4.5.10-1.el9ap < * | unaffected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-285: Improper Authorization
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6428
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6840
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298492
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