CVE-2024-6840 (GCVE-0-2024-6840)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-12 16:35
Modified
2025-11-20 20:56
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
Summary
An improper authorization flaw exists in the Ansible Automation Controller. This flaw allows an attacker using the k8S API server to send an HTTP request with a service account token mounted via `automountServiceAccountToken: true`, resulting in privilege escalation to a service account.
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