CVE-2024-6840

Published: Sep 12, 2024Modified: Sep 12, 2024

6.6

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 1.3 / Impact: 4.7

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-285

Improper Authorization

The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (3)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6428

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6840

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298492

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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