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CVE-2024-5042: Submariner Operator sets unnecessary RBAC permissions

May 17, 2024 (updated January 21, 2025)

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.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4591
  • access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5042
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280921
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rhx-qhxp-5jpw
  • github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator
  • github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/commit/b27a04c4270e53cbff6ff8ac6245db10c204bcab
  • github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/issues/3041
  • github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3040
  • github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3045
  • github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3046
  • github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3049
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5042

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.15.4, all versions starting from 0.16.0-m0 before 0.16.4, all versions starting from 0.17.0-m0 before 0.17.2, all versions starting from 0.18.0-m0 before 0.18.0-rc0

Fixed versions

  • 0.16.4
  • 0.17.2
  • 0.15.4
  • 0.18.0-rc0

Solution

Upgrade to versions 0.15.4, 0.16.4, 0.17.2, 0.18.0-rc0 or above.

Impact 6.6 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Source file

go/github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/CVE-2024-5042.yml

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