CVE-2024-33398: Privilege Escalation (CVSS 7.5)

Description

There is a ClusterRole in piraeus-operator v2.5.0 and earlier which has been granted list secrets permission, which allows an attacker to impersonate the service account bound to this ClusterRole and use its high-risk privileges to list confidential information across the cluster.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

7.5

HIGH

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

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-269 CWE-269

References

Other References

https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/d0c11fae5ba4789946ae33175d0f9edb https://github.com/HouqiyuA/k8s-rbac-poc https://github.com/piraeusdatastore/piraeus-operator https://piraeus.io/ https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/d0c11fae5ba4789946ae33175d0f9edb https://github.com/HouqiyuA/k8s-rbac-poc https://github.com/piraeusdatastore/piraeus-operator https://piraeus.io/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-33398? +

There is a ClusterRole in piraeus-operator v2.5.0 and earlier which has been granted list secrets permission, which allows an attacker to impersonate the service account bound to this ClusterRole and use its high-risk privileges to list confidential information across the cluster. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2024-33398? +

CVE-2024-33398 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-33398? +

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