# CVE-2024-7128: Openshift-console: unauthenticated data exposure

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive data via OpenShift console endpoints that fail to verify credentials when using the default authentication provider.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gwr6-5fvh-8v7r

## What is CVE-2024-7128?

CVE-2024-7128 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11, published on 26 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in the OpenShift console. Several endpoints in the application use the authHandler() and authHandlerWithUser() middleware functions. When the default authentication provider ("openShiftAuth") is set, these functions do not perform any authentication checks, relying instead on the targeted service to handle authentication and authorization. This issue leads to various degrees of data exposure due to a lack of proper credential verification.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7128?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-7128?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7128 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7128 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7128 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7128 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11, published on 26 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11. 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-2024-7128/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7128/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7128
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7128
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7128

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7128/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.