CVE-2024-5651

Fence-agents-remediation: fence agent command line options leads to remote code execution

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Aug 12, 2024
Updated
Feb 25, 2026
Reserved
Jun 5, 2024

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Description

A flaw was found in the Fence Agents Remediation operator. This vulnerability can allow a Remote Code Execution (RCE) primitive by supplying an arbitrary command to execute in the --ssh-path/--telnet-path arguments. A low-privilege user, for example, a user with developer access, can create a specially crafted FenceAgentsRemediation for a fence agent supporting  --ssh-path/--telnet-path arguments to execute arbitrary commands on the operator's pod. This RCE leads to a privilege escalation, first as the service account running the operator, then to another service account with cluster-admin privileges.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
fence-agents-remediation
  • 0.4.0 to before 0.4.1-22Affected
Fence Agents Remediation 0.4 for RHEL 8Red Hat
  • v0.4.1-22 and laterNot affected
Fence Agents Remediation 0.4 for RHEL 8Red Hat
  • v0.4.1-22 and laterNot affected

References

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