{"id":"CVE-2024-5651","aliases":["EUVD-2024-47156","GHSA-76qm-c9j2-wm6v"],"status":"published","title":"Fence-agents-remediation: fence agent command line options leads to remote code execution","description":"A flaw was found in the Fence Agents Remediation operator. This vulnerability can allow a Remote Code Execution (RCE) primitive by supplying an arbitrary command to execute in the --ssh-path/--telnet-path arguments. A low-privilege user, for example, a user with developer access, can create a specially crafted FenceAgentsRemediation for a fence agent supporting  --ssh-path/--telnet-path arguments to execute arbitrary commands on the operator's pod. 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