# CVE-2024-12582: Skupper: skupper-cli: flawed authentication method may lead to arbitrary file read or denial of service

> Attackers can bypass authentication in the Skupper console to read arbitrary files or cause denial of service via resource exhaustion.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jwxc-5ch3-vxqq

## What is CVE-2024-12582?

CVE-2024-12582 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Red Hat Service Interconnect 1, published on 24 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in the skupper console,  a read-only interface that renders cluster network, traffic details, and metrics for a network application that a user sets up across a hybrid multi-cloud environment. When the default authentication method is used, a random password is generated for the "admin" user and is persisted in either a Kubernetes secret or a podman volume in a plaintext file. This authentication method can be manipulated by an attacker, leading to the reading of any user-readable file in the container filesystem, directly impacting data confidentiality. Additionally, the attacker may induce skupper to read extremely large files into memory, resulting in resource exhaustion and a denial of service attack.

Weakness: CWE-305 (Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12582?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-12582?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12582 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12582 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12582 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12582 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Red Hat Service Interconnect 1, published on 24 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat Service Interconnect 1. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12582/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12582/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12582
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12582
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12582

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12582/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.