CVE-2024-6535
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 · uneditedA flaw was found in Skupper. When Skupper is initialized with the console-enabled and with console-auth set to Openshift, it configures the openshift oauth-proxy with a static cookie-secret. In certain circumstances, this may allow an attacker to bypass authentication to the Skupper console via a specially-crafted cookie.
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 · high confidenceSkupper when configured with console-enabled and console-auth set to Openshift uses a static cookie-secret for the openshift oauth-proxy. An attacker can craft malicious cookies to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the Skupper console.
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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= 1.0CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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 Skupper installation and versionCheck if Red Hat Service Interconnect version 1.0 is installed in your environmentAffected if Version 1.0 is confirmed to be installed
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Verify console-enabled configurationInspect Skupper configuration to determine if console-enabled is set to trueAffected if Console is enabled in the Skupper deployment
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Confirm console-auth is set to OpenshiftReview the console-auth setting in the Skupper configurationAffected if console-auth is configured to use Openshift as the authentication provider
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Locate oauth-proxy configurationFind the oauth-proxy configuration used by the Skupper consoleAffected if oauth-proxy is configured for the console with Openshift authentication
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Inspect cookie-secret settingExamine the cookie-secret parameter in the oauth-proxy configurationAffected if The cookie-secret contains a static hardcoded value rather than a dynamic random secret
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Compare cookie-secret against known static valuesReview documentation or configuration to determine if the cookie-secret matches a known static defaultAffected if A static cookie-secret is in use for the Openshift oauth-proxy
You are affected if you are running Red Hat Service Interconnect 1.0 with console-enabled and console-auth configured to use Openshift, and the oauth-proxy is using a static cookie-secret.
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 dataRegenerate the cookie-secret using a dynamic random value rather than a static hardcoded secret, and ensure proper secret rotation mechanisms are in place for oauth-proxy configuration.
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