CVE-2024-6840 (GCVE-0-2024-6840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-12 16:35 – Updated: 2025-11-20 20:56
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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.
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: 4.5.10-1 , < 4.5.10-1 (semver)
    Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 Unaffected: 0:4.5.10-1.el8ap , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8
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    Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 Unaffected: 0:4.5.10-1.el9ap , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8
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