CVE-2024-6535
Skupper: potential authentication bypass to skupper console via forged cookies
A flaw was found in Skupper. When Skupper is initialized with the console-enabled and with console-auth set to Openshift, it configures the openshift oauth-proxy with a static cookie-secret. In certain circumstances, this may allow an attacker to bypass authentication to the Skupper console via a specially-crafted cookie.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.3
Skupper: potential authentication bypass to skupper console via forged cookies
A flaw was found in Skupper. When Skupper is initialized with the console-enabled and with console-auth set to Openshift, it configures the openshift oauth-proxy with a static cookie-secret. In certain circumstances, this may allow an attacker to bypass authentication to the Skupper console via a specially-crafted cookie.
- Record
CVE-2024-6535- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1392
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-2433
5.3
A flaw was found in Skupper. When Skupper is initialized with the console-enabled and with console-auth set to Openshift, it configures the openshift oauth-proxy with a static cookie-secret. In certain circumstances, this may allow an attacker to bypass authentication to the Skupper console via a specially-crafted cookie.
- Record
EUVD-2024-2433- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w799-v85j-88pg
8.2
Skupper uses a static cookie secret for the openshift oauth-proxy
A flaw was found in Skupper. When Skupper is initialized with the console-enabled and with console-auth set to Openshift, it configures the openshift oauth-proxy with a static cookie-secret. In certain circumstances, this may allow an attacker to bypass authentication to the Skupper console via a specially-crafted cookie.
- Record
GHSA-w799-v85j-88pg- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-1392
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.3
A flaw was found in Skupper. When Skupper is initialized with the console-enabled and with console-auth set to Openshift, it configures the openshift oauth-proxy with a static cookie-secret. In certain circumstances, this may allow an attacker to bypass authentication to the Skupper console via a specially-crafted cookie.
- Record
CVE-2024-6535- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1392, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-w799-v85j-88pg
8.2
Skupper uses a static cookie secret for the openshift oauth-proxy
A flaw was found in Skupper. When Skupper is initialized with the console-enabled and with console-auth set to Openshift, it configures the openshift oauth-proxy with a static cookie-secret. In certain circumstances, this may allow an attacker to bypass authentication to the Skupper console via a specially-crafted cookie.
- Record
GHSA-w799-v85j-88pg- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1392, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-2987 No score
Skupper uses a static cookie secret for the openshift oauth-proxy in github.com/skupperproject/skupper
Skupper uses a static cookie secret for the openshift oauth-proxy in github.com/skupperproject/skupper
- Record
GO-2024-2987- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/skupperproject/skupperGo |
before 0.0.0-20240703184342-c26bce4079ff | 0.0.0-20240703184342-c26bce4079ff |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-6535 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Red Hat Service Interconnect 1, published July 17, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 44th percentile. Fixed in github.com/skupperproject/skupper 0.0.0-20240703184342-c26bce4079ff.
References
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4865
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4871
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6535
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2296024
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6535
github.com/skupperproject/skupper/commit/d2cb3782e807853694ee66b6e3d4a1917485eb71
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w799-v85j-88pg
github.com/skupperproject/skupper