{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2024-09-05T09:09:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "automation-controller: Gain access to the k8s API server via job execution with Container Group",
    "id" : "2298492",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298492"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "6.6",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-285",
  "details" : [ "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.", "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." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-05T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6428",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8",
    "package" : "automation-controller-0:4.5.10-1.el8ap"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-05T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6428",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9",
    "package" : "automation-controller-0:4.5.10-1.el9ap"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6840\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6840" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2024-6840",
  "csaw" : false
}