CVE-2024-6840

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Publication date:

12/09/2024

Last modified:

12/09/2024

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.60 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.60

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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