CVE-2024-36538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insecure permissions in chaos-mesh v2.6.3 allows attackers to access sensitive data and escalate privileges by obtaining the service account's token.

Published: 2024-07-24

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chaos-mesh:chaos_mesh:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00101.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/f06d1fa07b5287b862c1e0b288f301e5

History

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Chaos-mesh chaos Mesh
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:chaos-mesh:chaos_mesh:2.6.3:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Chaos-mesh chaos Mesh

Subscriptions

Chaos-mesh Chaos-mesh Chaos Mesh

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:37:05.270Z

Reserved: 2024-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-36538

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:37:05.270Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-24T19:15:04.487

Modified: 2025-10-14T14:41:57.080

Link: CVE-2024-36538

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-278

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