Vulnerability CVE-2024-6840


Published: 2024-09-12

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.

Type:

CWE-285

(Improper Authorization)

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6428
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6840
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298492

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