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CVE-2024-45496

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

9.9 CriticalFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

1.02%Up 1.0 points since Sep 17, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used9.9

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

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.

Record
CVE-2024-45496
CVSS 3.1
9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-28189.9

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.

Record
EUVD-2024-2818
CVSS 3.1
9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j8gh-87rx-c7w96.4

OpenShift Controller Manager Improper Privilege Management

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.

Record
GHSA-j8gh-87rx-c7w9
CVSS 4.0
6.4 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L
CVSS 3.1
9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD9.9

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.

Record
CVE-2024-45496
CVSS 3.1
9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-j8gh-87rx-c7w96.4

OpenShift Controller Manager Improper Privilege Management

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.

Record
GHSA-j8gh-87rx-c7w9
CVSS 4.0
6.4 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L
CVSS 3.1
9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-3128No score

OpenShift Controller Manager Improper Privilege Management in github.com/openshift/openshift-controller-manager

OpenShift Controller Manager Improper Privilege Management in github.com/openshift/openshift-controller-manager.

NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.

(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)

The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/openshift/openshift-controller-manager before v0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20240911.

Record
GO-2024-3128
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/openshift/openshift-controller-manager
Go
before 0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20240911
0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20240911
github.com/openshift/openshift-controller-manager
Go
All versionsNone known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-45496 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4.12, published September 16, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.02%, the 63rd percentile. Fixed in github.com/openshift/openshift-controller-manager 0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20240911.

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