CVE-2024-0793
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in kube-controller-manager. This issue occurs when the initial application of a HPA config YAML lacking a .spec.behavior.scaleUp block causes a denial of service due to KCM pods going into restart churn.
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affected products (5)
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- Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12< 0:4.12.0-202403042037.p0.g9946c63.assembly.stream.el9enisa_euvdEU
advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0665Red Hat OpenShift: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-03-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat OpenShift ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
- GHSA-h7wq-jj8r-qm7pKubernetes Nil pointer dereference in KCM after v1 HPA patch request2024-11-17ghsa · osvUS
A flaw was found in kube-controller-manager. This issue occurs when the initial application of a HPA config YAML lacking a .spec.behavior.scaleUp block causes a denial of service due to KCM pods going into restart churn.
- GO-2024-3277Kubernetes Nil pointer dereference in KCM after v1 HPA patch request in k8s.io/kubernetes2024-11-19vendor · osvUS
Kubernetes Nil pointer dereference in KCM after v1 HPA patch request in k8s.io/kubernetes
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references (13)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-0793cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0793cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/kube-controller-manager-denial-of-service-via-HPA-V1-Manifest-43826cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0741enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1267enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0793enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2214402enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes/pull/1876enisa_euvd
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