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CVE-2024-6840mediumCWE-285

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

13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 6.6epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 63% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N