medium6.6
CVE-2024-5042
Submariner Operator sets unnecessary RBAC permissions
Impact
A flaw was found in the Submariner project. Due to unnecessary role-based access control permissions, a privileged attacker can run a malicious container on a node that may allow them to steal service account tokens and further compromise other nodes and potentially the entire cluster.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator | >= 0.16.0-m0, < 0.16.4 | 0.16.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4591
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6503
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5042
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280921
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rhx-qhxp-5jpw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5042
- https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/issues/3041
- https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3040
- https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/commit/b27a04c4270e53cbff6ff8ac6245db10c204bcab
- https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3045
- https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3046
- https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3049