CVE-2024-6840
MEDIUMAnsible Automation Controller - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6428
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6840
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298492
Scores
CVSS v3
6.6
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
24.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-285
Status
published
Products (2)
Red Hat/Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
0:4.5.10-1.el8ap
Red Hat/Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
0:4.5.10-1.el9ap
Published
Sep 12, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026