CVE-2024-0793

Kube-controller-manager: malformed hpa v1 manifest causes crash

HIGH
7.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 17, 2024 at 10:45 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
HIGH7.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A flaw was found in kube-controller-manager. This issue occurs when the initial application of a HPA config YAML lacking a .spec.behavior.scaleUp block causes a denial of service due to KCM pods going into restart churn.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.12.0-202403042037.p0.g9946c63.assembly.stream.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.13 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.7HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-20

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