CVE-2024-6840 is an improper authorization flaw in the Ansible Automation Controller that allows an attacker to escalate privileges. By leveraging the k8S API server and a service account token, an attacker can achieve privilege escalation to a service account. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.6 (MEDIUM), indicating a network-based attack with high complexity for a highly privileged attacker, leading to high confidentiality impact and low integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 For RHEL 8 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 For RHEL 9 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected | |
| Https://Github.Com/Ansible/Ansible | Automation-Controller | >= 4.5.10-1, < 4.5.10-1CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
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