CVE-2024-6840

medium

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.

References

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-09-12

Updated: 2024-09-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium