Resource management error in cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift - CVE-2024-12401

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Resource management error in cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift - CVE-2024-12401

Published: January 24, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103270
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12401
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

How to mitigate CVE-2024-12401

Install updates from vendor's website.

cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift - addressed in versions 1.12.14, 1.15.4, 1.16.2
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.21, 23.0.20.2

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