CVE-2024-45496 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2024-45496

Openshift-controller-manager: elevated build pods can lead to node compromise in openshift

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This issue was discovered by Thibault Guittet (Red Hat).

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
Vulnerable Versions:
4.12.0, v4.12.0-202409131137.p1.g0b1971a.assembly.stream.el8, v4.13.0-202409130707.p1.gb75d499.assembly.stream.el8, v4.14.0-202409130708.p1.g9020ea1.assembly.stream.el8, v4.15.0-202409131835.p1.gbe9d673.assembly.stream.el9, v4.16.0-202409130937.p1.g5dcfc99.assembly.stream.el9, v4.17.0-202409182235.p0.g7682a61.assembly.stream.el9

Timeline

Official Publish: September 16th, 2024
Last Modified: February 25th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)