CVE-2024-45497
A flaw was found in the OpenShift build process, where the docker-build container is configured with a hostPath volume mount that maps the node's /var/lib/kubelet/config.json file into the build pod. This file contains sensitive credentials necessary for pulling images from private repositories. The mount is not read-only, which allows the attacker to overwrite it. By modifying the config.json file, the attacker can cause a denial of service by preventing the node from pulling new images and potentially exfiltrating sensitive secrets. This flaw impacts the availability of services dependent on image pulls and exposes sensitive information to unauthorized parties.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.6% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 46% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.6 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Assigned by
- secalert@redhat.com
Dates
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- Last modified
- 2026-09-21
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10270
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10294
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10747
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9269
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9278
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9562
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9759
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9765
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45497
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308673