Improper Authentication in Service Interconnect - CVE-2024-6535

 

Improper Authentication in Service Interconnect - CVE-2024-6535

Published: July 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94763
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6535
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Service Interconnect

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in Skupper. When Skupper is initialized with the console-enabled and with console-auth set to Openshift, it configures the openshift oauth-proxy with a static cookie-secret. A remote attacker can bypass authentication process using a specially crafted cookie file and gain unauthorized access to the application.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-6535

Install updates from vendor's website.

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