Privilege escalation in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2
CVE-2024-9779
A flaw was found in Open Cluster Management (OCM) when a user has access to the worker nodes which contain the cluster-manager or klusterlet deployments. The cluster-manager deployment uses a service account with the same name "cluster-manager" which is bound to a ClusterRole also named "cluster-manager", which includes the permission to create Pod resources. If this deployment runs a pod on an attacker-controlled node, the attacker can obtain the cluster-manager's token and steal any service account token by creating and mounting the target service account to control the whole cluster.
EPSS: 0.004 (36.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-9779?
- CVE-2024-9779 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-17.
- How severe is CVE-2024-9779?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.