A flaw was found in OpenShift. This issue occurs due to the misuse of elevated privileges in the OpenShift Container Platforms build process. During the build initialization step, the git-clone container is run with a privileged security context, allowing unrestricted access to the node. An attacker with developer-level access can provide a crafted .gitconfig file containing commands executed during the cloning process, leading to arbitrary command execution on the worker node. An attacker running code in a privileged container could escalate their permissions on the node running the container.
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | RedHat | openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel8:v4.12.0-202409131137.p1.g0b1971a.assembly.stream.el8 | * |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 | RedHat | openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel8:v4.13.0-202409130707.p1.gb75d499.assembly.stream.el8 | * |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | RedHat | openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel8:v4.14.0-202409130708.p1.g9020ea1.assembly.stream.el8 | * |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | RedHat | openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel9:v4.15.0-202409131835.p1.gbe9d673.assembly.stream.el9 | * |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | RedHat | openshift4/ose-openshift-controller-manager-rhel9:v4.16.0-202409130937.p1.g5dcfc99.assembly.stream.el9 | * |