OpenShift Controller Manager Improper Privilege Management
Critical severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Sep 17, 2024
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Sep 19, 2024
Package
Affected versions
< 0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20240911
Patched versions
0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20240911
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Sep 17, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 17, 2024
Reviewed
Sep 17, 2024
Last updated
Sep 19, 2024
A flaw was found in OpenShift. This issue occurs due to the misuse of elevated privileges in the OpenShift Container Platform's build process. During the build initialization step, the git-clone container is run with a privileged security context, allowing unrestricted access to the node. An attacker with developer-level access can provide a crafted .gitconfig file containing commands executed during the cloning process, leading to arbitrary command execution on the worker node. An attacker running code in a privileged container could escalate their permissions on the node running the container.
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