CVE-2024-5651 (GCVE-0-2024-5651)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-12 05:46 – Updated: 2026-02-25 20:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Fence-agents-remediation: fence agent command line options leads to remote code execution
Summary
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. This RCE leads to a privilege escalation, first as the service account running the operator, then to another service account with cluster-admin privileges.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-13 20:15 UTC
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
redhat
CNA
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5453 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5651 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2290540 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
0.4.0 , < 0.4.1-22
(semver)
|
|||
| Red Hat | Fence Agents Remediation 0.4 for RHEL 8 |
Unaffected:
v0.4.1-22 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:workload_availability_far:0.4::el8 |
Date Public
2024-08-12 05:28
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