Medium severity6.6NVD Advisory· Published Sep 12, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2024-6840
CVE-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.
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