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CVE-2024-6840

UNKNOWN
Published 2024-09-12T16:35:08.921Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.6
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.178
Higher than 17.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Unknown Vendor

Unknown Product

Affected Versions:

4.5.10-1
Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

Affected Versions:

0:4.5.10-1.el8ap
Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

Affected Versions:

0:4.5.10-1.el9ap

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-64w6-7xrg-vmhg

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6840
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6428
WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6840
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298492

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: September 12, 2024, Modified: September 12, 2024

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
Published: 2024-09-12T16:35:08.921Z
Last Modified: 2024-12-30T22:54:30.615Z
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