CVE-2024-5651
HIGHFence Agents Remediation 0.4 for RHEL 8 - Remote Code Execution via SSH/TELNET Path Arguments
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5651
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2290540
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5453
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.2856
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (1)
Red Hat/Fence Agents Remediation 0.4 for RHEL 8
v0.4.1-22
Published
Aug 12, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026