CVE-2024-6840

Automation-controller: gain access to the k8s api server via job execution with container group

State: Published
Severity: 6.6 Medium
Published: Sep 12, 2024
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Reserved: Jul 17, 2024

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.6 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N	redhat

Weaknesses

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
automation-controller	4.5.10-1 to before 4.5.10-1Affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Red Hat	0:4.5.10-1.el8ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9Red Hat	0:4.5.10-1.el9ap and laterNot affected

References

RHSA-2024:6428vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6840vdb-entry
RHBZ#2298492issue-tracking

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