CVE-2024-6840

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.43% (37th) EPSS
CVSS 6.6 · medium
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.6
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.3 · impact 4.7
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-285US
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affected products (2)

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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2024-09-12modified 2026-06-17
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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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