cert-manager PEM Data denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in cert-manager and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PEM Data Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-12401. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in cert-manager (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component PEM Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in the cert-manager package. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify PEM data that the cert-manager reads, for example, in a Secret resource, to use large amounts of CPU in the cert-manager controller pod to effectively create a denial-of-service (DoS) vector for the cert-manager in the cluster.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12401 since 12/10/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214586 (CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: cert-manager (CVE-2024-12401)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214586). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 214586
Nessus Name: CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: cert-manager (CVE-2024-12401)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/10/2024 🔍
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06/26/2026 +563 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-12401 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12401
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-287563

Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2024 18:12
Updated: 06/26/2026 08:22
Changes: 12/10/2024 18:12 (49), 01/25/2025 05:31 (2), 06/26/2026 08:22 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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