CVE-2024-6840

CVE-2024-6840CVE-2024-6840

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.

Scoring

CVSS 6.6 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Last modified2026-11-05
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.