CVE-2024-53349
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedInsecure permissions in kuadrant v0.11.3 allow attackers to gain access to the service account's token, leading to escalation of privileges via the secretes component in the k8s cluster
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceKuadrant v0.11.3 has insecure permissions that allow unauthorized actors to access service account tokens. Attackers can exploit this to retrieve credentials from the Kubernetes secrets component, achieving privilege escalation within the cluster.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 0.11.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed Kuadrant versionRun 'kubectl get deployment -A -l app=kuadrant -o jsonpath="{.items[*].spec.template.spec.containers[*].image}"' or check your Helm releases with 'helm list -A' and inspect the chart versionAffected if The installed version is Kuadrant v0.11.3 or any version below it
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Identify the Kuadrant service accountRun 'kubectl get serviceaccount -A | grep -i kuadrant' to find the service account used by Kuadrant componentsAffected if A Kuadrant service account exists in the cluster (vulnerability is present if permissions are misconfigured)
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Check RBAC permissions on the Kuadrant service accountRun 'kubectl auth can-i get secrets --as=system:serviceaccount:<kuadrant-namespace>:<sa-name>' for each Kuadrant service accountAffected if The Kuadrant service account has get/list permissions on secrets across namespaces or can access secrets it should not have access to
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Review clusterrole bindings for excessive secret accessRun 'kubectl get clusterrolebinding -o yaml | grep -A5 -B5 kuadrant' and check if any Kuadrant-related role grants permissions to 'secrets' resourcesAffected if The Kuadrant service account is bound to a clusterrole that includes secrets access permissions beyond its namespace
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Check for unauthorized secret access attemptsReview Kubernetes audit logs for 'get' or 'list' operations on 'secrets' resources by Kuadrant service accounts, especially outside the kuadrant namespaceAffected if The Kuadrant service account is accessing secrets in namespaces where it should not have access
You are affected if the installed Kuadrant version is v0.11.3 or lower AND the Kuadrant service account has broader-than-necessary permissions to access Kubernetes secrets.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReview and tighten RBAC policies for the Kuadrant service account, restrict access to secrets, and upgrade to a patched version if available.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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