# CVE-2024-5042

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-5042
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 6.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-250
- **Published:** May 17, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Sep 17, 2026

## Description

A flaw was found in the Submariner project. Due to unnecessary role-based access control permissions, a privileged attacker can run a malicious container on a node that may allow them to steal service account tokens and further compromise other nodes and potentially the entire cluster.

## Affected Products

- Unknown product (0)
- Unknown product (0.15.0)
- Unknown product (0.16.0)
- Unknown product (0.17.0)
- Unknown product (0.18.0-m0)
- Red Hat — RHODF-4.16-RHEL-9 (v4.16.0-19)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:147e1ff243a190e7db6af5a450ab9ee45a6c138beb1428605296c5a39d8c2cd9)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:457e7c141b8e04ebe23f8b89da6d2a1a86ea5be46e9893b9207bd16a1e7e92b2)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:0e1a41e4284bb482365de3b2d2e799fe4b53af86743b56ccae50a236eac23897)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:23e29e78ab6586896be041a0d759d0a47bf5a3708ba816574bc996baee4af946)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:40b76923ce5df4062bfd3a6c617874e230b4b47cf998081b0c552141d93a81b0)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:0ea607acea5d6ad4aa853cb564e7c5e462c3d5f38814e2097142d44231437bd8)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:74efeee9bddf97c549de6a6fa454d86f96d3afef8aaf2438b740403181579fcd)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:2f22bca94e282ce150235d74070465525b5fbd29070f1caec323f5f8d7be0db5)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:1f58e36602f8e8704179762e4b94898ded50bb9d4643b829ac516165d5a66fe1)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:180f30e2f7ae5a1604c9ef3e8fdcdb2af37c53019280777c61375aef9cc6dee3)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:bc06753f9f013d4eed2705d5fbd727f916eab9f72c0c4d2cc33f6f064c58ecb1)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:31bd7bff52021201beffb8f94e25635443390ed7c373fef546dd799c29a540dd)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:0cb993a3f939cd30689f10f03110a6dec8317c9c5c69ed726e78bb9c70b7f3ee)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:55351821e9c296bf419a0b6b4f8a08942303bde1f6b8c1c8d3e81d719bafd0d4)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:3d8d9e2964d1c472f29ff5a67ff2b23188dbb9add8ccaa1cfa37ad1742825bf9)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:0b5f12a165ad061ec151f9310fa5803717cb41f719802503125d982f5420edd0)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:08cd8df1f99ca92bd8c82a3ce345352f8a5223feac9f475293987dc6088bd607)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:13594f6f57bdd87477505288fee4a62c504daacdb6fc930e0c64c582edab4dbb)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:2541e3c82807ec72336aa0151f05e8576eabe710eaa660efe6fe2a98ab0eff61)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:1872fce9d3599368600ce07f81c6a2105bfdf10cb770fdeea57dd1e16f662789)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:33e368d66244b241e6eb7e39eb886fa92bf358ddb5a3f231ef3585a7e91d3726)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (sha256:253711dee2d7fdbf65756583ba63a73ed796b1205369e5ed9f48c253a67f4c0a)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774540992)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774540668)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541259)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541345)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541880)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541518)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541420)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541448)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541663)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541469)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774542075)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541617)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541614)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541633)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541625)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774542179)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541779)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541857)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774541919)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.2 (1774542101)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774540992)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774540668)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541259)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541345)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541880)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541518)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541420)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541448)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541663)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541469)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774542075)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541617)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541614)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541633)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541625)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774542179)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541779)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541857)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774541919)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 (1774542101)

## References

- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4591)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5042)
- [CNA](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280921)
- [CNA](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rhx-qhxp-5jpw)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6503)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.50%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 41.8

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-17._