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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.6

CVE-2024-5042 json

Submariner-operator: rbac permissions can allow for the spread of node compromises

published 2024-05-17 2 y ago modified 2026-10-14 26 d ago also GHSA-2rhx-qhxp-5jpw , GO-2024-2866 , EUVD-2024-1367

cvss
6.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the Submariner project. Due to unnecessary role-based access control permissions, a privileged attacker can run a malicious container on a node that may allow them to steal service account tokens and further compromise other nodes and potentially the entire cluster.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator 0.15.4, 0.16.4, 0.17.2, 0.18.0-rc0
  • Red Hat RHODF-4.16-RHEL-9 v4.16.0-19
  • Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 1774540668, 1774540992, 1774541259, 1774541345, 1774541420, 1774541448, 1774541469, 1774541518, 1774541614, 1774541617, 1774541625, 1774541633, 1774541663, 1774541779, 1774541857, 1774541880, 1774541919, 1774542075, 1774542101, 1774542179

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-5042 updated cvss 6.6

submariner-operator: RBAC permissions can allow for the spread of node compromises

  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9, rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9, rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel8, rhacm2/submariner-rhel8-operator, rhacm2/submariner-globalnet-rhel8, rhacm2/submariner-route-agent-rhel9
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 odf4 1774540668, odf4 1774540992, odf4 1774541259, odf4 1774541345, odf4 1774541420, odf4 1774541448, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:6503
  • Red Hat RHODF 4.16 for RHEL 9 odf4/odf-multicluster-rhel9-operator v4.16.0-19
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4591
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 odf4 1774545298, odf4 1774545299, odf4 1774545300, odf4 1774545302, odf4 1774545311, odf4 1774545312, +7 more Red Hat RHODF 4.16 for RHEL 9 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 v4.16.0-33, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 v4.16.0-44, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 v4.16.0-60, odf4/odf-console-rhel9 v4.16.0-57, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator v4.16.0-38, odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator v4.16.0-76, +22 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator
>=0.16.0-m0, <0.16.4
>=0.17.0-m0, <0.17.2
<0.15.4
>=0.18.0-m0, <0.18.0-rc0
<0.16.4
>=0.17.0
0.16.4
0.17.2
0.15.4
0.18.0-rc0

Affected products

  • Red Hat RHODF-4.16-RHEL-9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20
  • Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

References

Sources

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