submariner-operator RBAC permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in submariner-operator. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component RBAC. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-5042. No exploit exists. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in submariner-operator (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code of the component RBAC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-5042 since 05/17/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-1367). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

05/17/2024 🔍
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08/30/2025 +470 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-5042 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-264737
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/17/2024 07:38
Updated: 08/30/2025 21:14
Changes: 05/17/2024 07:38 (51), 07/17/2024 18:20 (13), 08/30/2025 21:14 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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