CVE-2024-7631 Openshift-console: openshift console: path traversal
An authenticated attacker can exploit unsafe filepath construction in the OpenShift Console to read arbitrary JSON files from the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-7631?
CVE-2024-7631 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11, published on 19 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in the OpenShift Console, an endpoint for plugins to serve resources in multiple languages: /locales/resources.json. This endpoint's lng and ns parameters are used to construct a filepath in pkg/plugins/handlers unsafely.go#L112 Because of this unsafe filepath construction, an authenticated user can manipulate the path to retrieve any JSON files on the console's pod by using sequences of ../ and valid directory paths.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7631?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/openshift/console.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/openshift/console Go | All versions | None |
github.com/openshift/console Go | All versions to 6.0.6 | None |
github.com/openshift/console Go | All versions to 6.0.6 | None |
How do I fix CVE-2024-7631?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-7631 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7631 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-69x5-hjg4-m267, GO-2025-3539.