CVE-2024-12401 (GCVE-0-2024-12401)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-12 09:06 – Updated: 2026-06-26 04:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cert-manager: potential dos when parsing specially crafted pem inputs
Summary
A flaw was found in the cert-manager package. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify PEM data that the cert-manager reads, for example, in a Secret resource, to use large amounts of CPU in the cert-manager controller pod to effectively create a denial-of-service (DoS) vector for the cert-manager in the cluster.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-12 15:21 UTC
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
9 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.12.14
(semver)
Affected: 1.13.0-alpha.0 , ≤ 1.15.4 (semver) Affected: 1.16.0-alpha.0 , ≤ 1.16.2 (semver) |
||||
| Red Hat | cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift |
cpe:/a:redhat:cert_manager:1
|
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| Red Hat | Cryostat 3 |
cpe:/a:redhat:cryostat:3
|
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| Red Hat | Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes |
cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine
|
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| Red Hat | OpenShift Serverless |
cpe:/a:redhat:serverless:1
|
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Connectivity Link 1 |
cpe:/a:redhat:connectivity_link:1
|
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| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
|
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_data_foundation:4
|
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| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps |
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1
|
Date Public
2024-11-21 19:52
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