CVE-2024-9779 describes a high-severity flaw in Open Cluster Management (OCM) where an attacker with access to worker nodes hosting cluster-manager or klusterlet deployments can escalate privileges. By exploiting the cluster-manager service account's ability to create Pods, an attacker can steal service account tokens, potentially gaining full control over the entire cluster. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, leading to potential high impact on integrity and low impact on confidentiality. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Https://Github.Com/Open-Cluster-Management-Io | Open-Cluster-Management-Io | 0.12.0CNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
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