{"id":"CVE-2024-6840","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-6840","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:16:20.342Z","title":"An improper authorization flaw exists in the Ansible Automation Controller.","description":"An improper authorization flaw exists in the Ansible Automation Controller. This flaw allows an attacker using the k8S API server to send an HTTP request with a service account token mounted via `automountServiceAccountToken: true`, resulting in privilege escalation to a service account.","published":"2024-09-12T17:15:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:18:49.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-285"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00428,"percentile":0.3684,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6428","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6840","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298492","source":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6840","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}