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GHSA-64W6-7XRG-VMHG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-12 18:31 – Updated: 2024-09-12 18:31

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.

Severity ?

6.6 (Medium)


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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-12 16:35 – Updated: 2025-11-20 20:56

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

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

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	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6840	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298492	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

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
	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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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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

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