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CVE-2024-6840

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.6 Published: 2024-09-12 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-285

References