Open-cluster-management-io/ocm: cluster-manager permissions may allow a worker node to obtain service account tokens
A flaw was found in Open Cluster Management (OCM) when a user has access to the worker nodes which contain the cluster-manager or klusterlet deployments. The cluster-manager deployment uses a service account with the same name "cluster-manager" which is bound to a ClusterRole also named "cluster-manager", which includes the permission to create Pod resources. If this deployment runs a pod on an attacker-controlled node, the attacker can obtain the cluster-manager's token and steal any service account token by creating and mounting the target service account to control the whole cluster.
- Published
- Dec 17, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 36th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-266
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Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · redhat
- 7.5
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
github.com/open-cluster-management-io open-cluster-management-io
- 0.13.0not affected
- 0.12.0affected
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- all versionsunknown
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | open-cluster-management.io/ocm | before 0.13.0 | 0.13.0 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | before 0.0.20241220T214820-1.1 | 0.0.20241220T214820-1.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | before 0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1 | 0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | before 0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1 | 0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Go:open-cluster-management.io/ocm | 0.13.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege AssignmentCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9779
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317916
- github.com/open-cluster-management-io/ocm/pull/325
- github.com/open-cluster-management-io/ocm/releases/tag/v0.13.0
- github.com/open-cluster-management-io/registration-operator/issues/361
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.