CVE-2024-5042: Submariner Operator sets unnecessary RBAC permissions
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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/errata/RHSA-2026:6503
- 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
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