CVE-2024-9779 (GCVE-0-2024-9779)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-17 22:59 – Updated: 2026-02-25 20:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Open-cluster-management-io/ocm: cluster-manager permissions may allow a worker node to obtain service account tokens
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-18 15:15 UTC
CWE
- CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9779 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317916 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://github.com/open-cluster-management-io/ocm… | |
| https://github.com/open-cluster-management-io/ocm… | |
| https://github.com/open-cluster-management-io/reg… |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
0.12.0
Unaffected: 0.13.0 |
||||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 |
cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2
|
Date Public
2023-11-30 00:00
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