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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.6

CVE-2024-6840 json

Automation-controller: gain access to the k8s api server via job execution with container group

published 2024-09-12 2 y ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2024-48013

cvss
6.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • 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
  • python-zipp ansible automation platform inside 2.4, ansible automation platform developer 2.4, ansible automation platform 2.4 3.19.2-1.el9ap
  • python3-zipp ansible automation platform inside 2.4, ansible automation platform developer 2.4, ansible automation platform 2.4 3.19.2-1.el9ap
  • python-django ansible automation platform 2.4 4.2.15-1.el9ap
  • python-grpcio ansible automation platform 2.4 1.58.3-1.el9ap
  • python39-zipp ansible automation platform inside 2.4, ansible automation platform developer 2.4, ansible automation platform 2.4 3.19.2-1.el8ap
  • python3-django ansible automation platform 2.4 4.2.15-1.el9ap
  • python3-grpcio ansible automation platform 2.4 1.58.3-1.el9ap
  • python39-django ansible automation platform 2.4 4.2.15-1.el8ap

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:6428

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-2024-6840 updated cvss 6.6

automation-controller: Gain access to the k8s API server via job execution with Container Group

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 automation-controller-venv-tower 4.5.10-1.el8ap Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 automation-controller-venv-tower 4.5.10-1.el9ap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6428
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 python39-zipp 3.19.2-1.el8ap, python39-django 4.2.15-1.el8ap, python39-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el8ap, python3x-django 4.2.15-1.el8ap, python3x-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el8ap, python39-gunicorn 22.0.0-2.el8ap, +11 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 python-zipp 3.19.2-1.el9ap, python3-zipp 3.19.2-1.el9ap, python-django 4.2.15-1.el9ap, python-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el9ap, python3-django 4.2.15-1.el9ap, python3-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el9ap, +12 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% 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:H/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.