High [CVE-2024-3154] Cri-o: arbitrary command injection via pod annotation
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2024-3154 affecting Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.
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Summary
A flaw was found in cri-o, where an arbitrary systemd property can be injected via a Pod annotation. Any user who can create a pod with an arbitrary annotation may perform an arbitrary action on the host system.
Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.2 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness: CWE-77.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2024:2784, RHSA-2024:3496, RHSA-2024:2672, RHSA-2024:2669.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
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- cri-o-0:1.25.5-16.2.rhaos4.12.gitcb09013.el8
- cri-o-0:1.26.5-16.2.rhaos4.13.git67e2a9d.el8
- cri-o-0:1.27.6-2.rhaos4.14.gitb3bd0bf.el8
- cri-o-0:1.28.6-2.rhaos4.15.git77bbb1c.el8
- RHSA-2024:2784
- RHSA-2024:3496
- RHSA-2024:2672
- RHSA-2024:2669
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 hour ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: cri-o-0:1.25.5-16.2.rhaos4.12.gitcb09013.el8, cri-o-0:1.26.5-16.2.rhaos4.13.git67e2a9d.el8, cri-o-0:1.27.6-2.rhaos4.14.gitb3bd0bf.el8, cri-o-0:1.28.6-2.rhaos4.15.git77bbb1c.el8, RHSA-2024:2784, RHSA-2024:3496. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 hour ago·verify at source
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