CVE-2024-6538: Openshift-console: openshift console: server-side request forgery

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6538 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in console Go. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 25-11-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-11-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in OpenShift Console. A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack can happen if an attacker supplies all or part of a URL to the server to query. The server is considered to be in a privileged network position and can often reach exposed services that aren't readily available to clients due to network filtering. Leveraging such an attack vector, the attacker can have an impact on other services and potentially disclose information or have other nefarious effects on the system. The /api/dev-console/proxy/internet endpoint on the OpenShift Console allows authenticated users to have the console's pod perform arbitrary and fully controlled HTTP(s) requests. The full response to these requests is returned by the endpoint. While the name of this endpoint suggests the requests are only bound to the internet, no such checks are in place. An authenticated user can therefore ask the console to perform arbitrary HTTP requests from outside the cluster to a service inside the cluster.

• CWE-918Server-Side Request ForgeryThe web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.