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CVE-2024-6840

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 48/100
Published: 2024-09-12 Modified: 2026-11-05 First seen: 2026-11-05 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network No Interaction Conf. Impact Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: High
UI: None
S: Changed
C: High
I: Low
A: None

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
— — 4.5.10-1 < 4.5.10-1

References & Advisories (3)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6428
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298492
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

48 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

6.6 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.43%
Raw Score 0.004280
Percentile 37.6%
Date 2026-11-14

EPSS Trend

2026-11-14
0.00428
2026-11-13
0.00428
2026-11-12
0.00428
2026-11-10
0.00428
2026-11-09
0.00428
2026-11-08
0.00428
2026-11-07
0.00428
2026-11-06
0.00428
2026-11-05
0.00428

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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