Openshift-controller-manager: elevated build pods can lead to node compromise in openshift

Summary

A flaw was found in OpenShift. This issue occurs due to the misuse of elevated privileges in the OpenShift Container Platform's build process. During the build initialization step, the git-clone container is run with a privileged security context, allowing unrestricted access to the node. An attacker with developer-level access can provide a crafted .gitconfig file containing commands executed during the cloning process, leading to arbitrary command execution on the worker node. An attacker running code in a privileged container could escalate their permissions on the node running the container.

Timeline

1. Sep 16, 2024, 11:58 PM UTCCVE published
2. Sep 17, 2024, 3:05 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

3. Aug 11, 2026, 2:55 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• openshift-controller-manager

  From 4.12.0 · through 4.18.0

• openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel8

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel8

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel8

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/aws-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/azure-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/azure-service-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/container-networking-plugins-microshift-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/driver-toolkit-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/egress-router-cni-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/frr-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/insights-runtime-exporter-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/insights-runtime-extractor-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/kube-metrics-server-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/kubevirt-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/network-tools-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/oc-mirror-plugin-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/openshift-route-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-agent-installer-api-server-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-agent-installer-csr-approver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-agent-installer-node-agent-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-agent-installer-orchestrator-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-agent-installer-utils-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-apiserver-network-proxy-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-aws-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-aws-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-aws-pod-identity-webhook-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-azure-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-azure-cloud-node-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-azure-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-azure-disk-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-azure-disk-csi-driver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-azure-file-csi-driver-operator-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-azure-file-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-azure-workload-identity-webhook-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-baremetal-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-baremetal-installer-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-baremetal-machine-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-baremetal-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cli-artifacts-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cli-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cloud-credential-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-api-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-authentication-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-autoscaler-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-autoscaler-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-baremetal-operator-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-bootstrap-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-capi-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-config-api-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-config-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-control-plane-machine-set-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-csi-snapshot-controller-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-dns-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-etcd-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-image-registry-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-ingress-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-kube-apiserver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-kube-cluster-api-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-kube-controller-manager-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-kube-scheduler-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-kube-storage-version-migrator-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-machine-approver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-monitoring-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-network-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-node-tuning-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-olm-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-openshift-apiserver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-openshift-controller-manager-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-policy-controller-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-samples-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-storage-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-update-keys-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-cluster-version-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-configmap-reloader-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-console-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-console-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-container-networking-plugins-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-coredns-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-driver-manila-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-driver-manila-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-driver-nfs-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-external-attacher-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-external-provisioner-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-external-resizer-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-external-snapshotter-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-livenessprobe-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-node-driver-registrar-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-snapshot-controller-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-csi-snapshot-validation-webhook-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-deployer-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-docker-builder-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-docker-registry-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-etcd-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-gcp-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-gcp-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-gcp-pd-csi-driver-operator-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-gcp-pd-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-gcp-workload-identity-federation-webhook-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-haproxy-router-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-hyperkube-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-hypershift-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ibmcloud-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ibm-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ibmcloud-machine-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ibm-vpc-block-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ibm-vpc-block-csi-driver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-image-customization-controller-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-insights-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-installer-altinfra-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-installer-artifacts-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-installer-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ironic-agent-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ironic-machine-os-downloader-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ironic-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ironic-static-ip-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-keepalived-ipfailover-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-kube-proxy-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-kube-rbac-proxy-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-kube-state-metrics-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-kube-storage-version-migrator-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-kubevirt-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-libvirt-machine-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-machine-api-provider-aws-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-machine-api-provider-azure-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-machine-api-provider-gcp-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-machine-api-provider-openstack-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-machine-api-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-machine-config-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-machine-os-images-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-monitoring-plugin-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-multus-admission-controller-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-multus-cni-microshift-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-multus-cni-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-multus-networkpolicy-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-multus-route-override-cni-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-multus-whereabouts-ipam-cni-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-must-gather-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-networking-console-plugin-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-network-interface-bond-cni-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-network-metrics-daemon-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-nutanix-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-nutanix-machine-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-oauth-apiserver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-oauth-proxy-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-olm-catalogd-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-olm-operator-controller-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openshift-apiserver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openshift-state-metrics-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openstack-cinder-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openstack-cinder-csi-driver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openstack-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-openstack-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-operator-framework-tools-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-operator-lifecycle-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-operator-marketplace-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-operator-registry-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ovn-kubernetes-microshift-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-ovn-kubernetes-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-pod-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-powervs-block-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-powervs-block-csi-driver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-powervs-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-powervs-machine-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-prometheus-alertmanager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-prometheus-config-reloader-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-prometheus-node-exporter-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-prometheus-operator-admission-webhook-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-prometheus-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-prometheus-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-prom-label-proxy-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-service-ca-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-telemeter-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-tests-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-thanos-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-tools-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-vmware-vsphere-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-vmware-vsphere-csi-driver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-vsphere-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-vsphere-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-vsphere-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-vsphere-csi-driver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-vsphere-csi-driver-syncer-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ose-vsphere-problem-detector-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ovirt-csi-driver-rhel9

  Version range not reported

• openshift4/ovirt-csi-driver-rhel9-operator

  Version range not reported

• rhcos

  Version range not reported

• github.com/openshift/openshift-controller-managerGo

  fixed in 0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20240911

• github.com/openshift/openshift-controller-managerGo

  All versions

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