# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-69x5-hjg4-m267, GO-2025-3539

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7631?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/openshift/console.


| Package | Ecosystem | 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.

## Is CVE-2024-7631 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7631 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7631 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7631 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- github.com/openshift/console (Go): affected all versions; no fix listed
- github.com/openshift/console (Go): affected all versions up to 6.0.6; no fix listed
- github.com/openshift/console (Go): affected all versions up to 6.0.6; no fix listed

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-2024-7631/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7631/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7631
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7631
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7631

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7631/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.