Openshift-dedicated: hive: rce through aws/kubernetes client configuration leads to privilege escalation
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
A flaw was found in the Hive ClusterDeployments resource in OpenShift Dedicated. In certain conditions, this issue may allow a developer account on a Hive-enabled cluster to obtain cluster-admin privileges by executing arbitrary commands on the hive/hive-controllers pod.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00488 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | github.com/openshift/hive (Go) | up to 1.1.16 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-wgqq-9qh8-wvqv |
- github.com/openshift/hive (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 1.1.16 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-wgqq-9qh8-wvqv
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-25133
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wgqq-9qh8-wvqv
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-25133 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-25133 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wgqq-9qh8-wvqv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-25133 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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