#VU103270 Resource management error in cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift - CVE-2024-12401
Published: January 24, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103270
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12401
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift
Software vendor:
cert-manager
cert-manager
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when reading PEM data. A remote user who can modify PEM data that the cert-manager reads can force the application to use large amounts of CPU in the cert-manager controller pod and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12401
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2327929
- https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/7400
- https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/7401
- https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/7402
- https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/7403
- https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/security/advisories/GHSA-r4pg-vg54-wxx4
- https://go.dev/issue/50116