CVE-2024-6840 Vulnerability Details

  /     /     /  

CVE-2024-6840 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 12/09/2024 | CVE Updated: 24/11/2024 | CVE Year: 2024
Source: redhat | Vendor: Red Hat | Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
Status : PUBLISHED

---

CVE-2024-6840 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)*
    Attack Complexity (AC)*
    Privileges Required (PR)*
    User Interaction (UI)*
    Scope (S)*

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)*
    Integrity Impact (I)*
    Availability Impact (A)*

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-285
CWE Name: Improper Authorization
Source: Red Hat

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-ID:
CAPEC Description:


Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).