CVE-2024-1725

Summary

CVE-2024-1725 is a recently disclosed vulnerability affecting the kubevirt-csi component in OpenShift Virtualization's Hosted Control Plane (HCP). An attacker who is already authenticated can exploit this flaw to gain root access to a worker node's volume. This is accomplished by creating a custom Persistent Volume with a name that matches that of a worker node. This vulnerability poses a significant risk, as it allows attackers to bypass intended access controls and potentially gain unauthorized access to sensitive data stored on the HCP worker nodes.

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