CVE-2024-12582: Skupper: skupper-cli: flawed authentication method may lead to arbitrary file read or denial of service

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-12-24 · updated 2026-06-18
Weakness: CWE-305

Description

A flaw was found in the skupper console, a read-only interface that renders cluster network, traffic details, and metrics for a network application that a user sets up across a hybrid multi-cloud environment. When the default authentication method is used, a random password is generated for the "admin" user and is persisted in either a Kubernetes secret or a podman volume in a plaintext file. This authentication method can be manipulated by an attacker, leading to the reading of any user-readable file in the container filesystem, directly impacting data confidentiality. Additionally, the attacker may induce skupper to read extremely large files into memory, resulting in resource exhaustion and a denial of service attack.

Affected products

Red Hat Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9: all versions — fixed in 1.8.3-1, 2.7.3-1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9 1.8.3-1, 2.7.3-1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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