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CVE-2024-25131: Openshift-dedicated: must-gather-operator: yaml template injection leads to privilege escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A flaw was found in the MustGather.managed.openshift.io Custom Defined Resource (CRD) of OpenShift Dedicated. A non-privileged user on the cluster can create a MustGather object with a specially crafted file and set the most privileged service account to run the job. This can allow a standard developer user to escalate their privileges to a cluster administrator and pivot to the AWS environment.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25131
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258856
• https://github.com/openshift/must-gather-operator/pull/135
• https://github.com/openshift/must-gather-operator/pull/138

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