CVE-2024-3177 Bypassing mountable secrets policy imposed by the ServiceAccount admission plugin
Attackers can bypass mountable secrets policies in Kubernetes clusters using specific container configurations, requiring the ServiceAccount admission plugin to be enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-3177?
CVE-2024-3177 is a low-severity vulnerability in Kubernetes, published on 22 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using containers, init containers, and ephemeral containers with the envFrom field populated. The policy ensures pods running with a service account may only reference secrets specified in the service account’s secrets field. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets annotation are used together with containers, init containers, and ephemeral containers with the envFrom field populated.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3177?
7 open source packages ship an affected version, including k8s.io/kubernetes.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
k8s.io/kubernetes Go | All versions | 1.27.13, 1.28.9, 1.29.4 |
k8s.io/kubernetes Go | All versions | 1.27.13 |
k8s.io/kubernetes Go | All versions | 1.27.13 |
k8s.io/kubernetes Go | From 1.28.0 | 1.28.9 |
k8s.io/kubernetes Go | From 1.28.0 | 1.28.9 |
k8s.io/kubernetes Go | From 1.29.0 | 1.29.4 |
1 more packages
k8s.io/kubernetes Go | From 1.29.0 | 1.29.4 |
Linux distribution packages (4)
kubernetes1.23 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP5 | All versions | 1.23.17-150500.3.12.1 |
kubernetes1.24 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP5 | All versions | 1.24.17-150500.3.16.1 |
kubernetes1.23 openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 1.23.17-150500.3.12.1 |
kubernetes1.24 openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 1.24.17-150500.3.16.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-3177?
Upgrade k8s.io/kubernetes to a fixed version for your release line: 1.27.13, 1.28.9 or 1.29.4.
Is CVE-2024-3177 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3177 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as AZL-40016, AZL-40051, CLEANSTART-2026-HJ51223, CLEANSTART-2026-OM15124, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-3177, GHSA-pxhw-596r-rwq5 and 10 more.