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CVE-2024-9779

7.5 · HIGH

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.

Published Dec 17, 2024CWE-266EPSS 0.44%

Overview

CVE-2024-9779 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 17, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refaccess.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9779Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317916GitHubgithub.com/open-cluster-management-io/ocm/pull/325GitHubgithub.com/open-cluster-management-io/ocm/releases/tag/v0.13.0GitHubgithub.com/open-cluster-management-io/registration-operator/issues/361

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9779?

CVE-2024-9779 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 17, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2024-9779?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-9779?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2024-9779?

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