CVE-2024-51997 affects Trustee, a set of tools for attesting confidential guests, specifically impacting the Attestation Results Token (ART) generation process. A Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacker can manipulate the ART token by replacing the legitimate JSON Web Key (JWK) with their own public key, then signing the crafted token with their corresponding private key, which goes undetected by the verifier. This vulnerability is rated 8.1 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that can lead to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There are no known active exploits, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE, but users are advised to upgrade to Trustee version 0.8.2 or later as no workarounds exist.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confidential-Containers | Trustee | < 0.8.2CNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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