Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
OpenShift Console uses an OAuth2 state value with insufficient randomness. An attacker could exploit this login-CSRF weakness to make a user enter the console under an attacker-controlled third-party identity, potentially causing actions or sensitive information to become associated with the wrong account.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority identity-control issue, especially for internet-accessible or administrator-facing consoles. Establish affected-build status promptly and schedule vendor-directed remediation. Immediate emergency response is not supported solely by the bundle because active exploitation is not documented.
Technical view
CVE-2024-6508 is a CWE-331 weakness affecting OAuth2 authorization-code and implicit-grant flows in OpenShift Console. Insufficient state-parameter entropy weakens request-to-session binding, enabling login CSRF. Exploitation is network-accessible but requires attacker privileges and victim interaction; the supplied CVSS 3.1 score is 8.0.
Likely exposure
The bundle identifies OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 through 4.18 builds or packages as affected. The 4.18 entries include packages not obviously tied to the console, and no complete version ranges are supplied. Confirm exposure using installed package builds and the corresponding Red Hat advisories.
Exploitation context
CISA KEV status is false, and the supplied sources do not establish active exploitation or public weaponization. The CVSS vector indicates high attack complexity, low privileges, and required user interaction. Practical risk depends on exposed OAuth login flows and successful victim engagement.
Researcher notes
The described primitive is login CSRF caused by weak OAuth2 state entropy, not a demonstrated direct authentication bypass. Avoid inferring cluster compromise from the CVSS impact values alone. Exact vulnerable and fixed boundaries are incomplete, and several listed 4.18 packages appear unrelated to openshift-console; reconcile them with Red Hat advisories.
Mitigation direction
- Identify the applicable Red Hat advisory for each deployed OpenShift release.
- Install vendor-approved updates or mitigations specified by Red Hat after confirming affected builds.
- Prioritize externally reachable consoles and environments handling privileged administrative identities.
- Restrict unnecessary console exposure while remediation is being evaluated.
Validation and detection
- Inventory OpenShift versions and installed ose-console package builds across every cluster.
- Compare each build against Red Hat CVE and errata applicability information.
- Confirm whether authorization-code or implicit-grant OAuth2 console flows are enabled and reachable.
- After remediation, verify the console update completed and authentication workflows still operate correctly.
- Review authentication records for unexpected identity switching or sessions linked to unfamiliar third-party accounts.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H1.36redhatVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- RHSA-2024:10813CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:6122CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:7922CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:8415CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:8991CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:9620CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:0014CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6508CVE reference, redhat · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2295777CVE reference, redhat · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
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