CVE-2024-5037: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
A flaw was found in OpenShift's Telemeter. If certain conditions are in place, an attacker can use a forged token to bypass the issue ("iss") check during JSON web token (JWT) authentication.
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Technical Summary
A vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-5037 exists in the Telemeter component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, where the issuer ("iss") claim check in JWT authentication can be bypassed by an attacker using a forged token. This flaw allows authentication bypass without requiring privileges or user interaction. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5 (high severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality impact. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2024:4151 and RHSA-2024:4156 providing updated container images and packages that fix this vulnerability. Users should upgrade their OpenShift clusters to versions 4.15.20 or 4.16.1 or later to apply the fix.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass JWT authentication issuer checks in the Telemeter component, potentially granting unauthorized access to the OpenShift Container Platform environment. The impact is limited to confidentiality as per the CVSS vector; integrity and availability are not affected. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 (4.15.20) and 4.16 (4.16.1) that fix this vulnerability. Users should upgrade their OpenShift clusters to these versions or later using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console following Red Hat's documented upgrade procedures. No additional mitigations are indicated or required beyond applying the official patches.
CVE-2024-5037: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Description
A flaw was found in OpenShift's Telemeter. If certain conditions are in place, an attacker can use a forged token to bypass the issue ("iss") check during JSON web token (JWT) authentication.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
A vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-5037 exists in the Telemeter component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, where the issuer ("iss") claim check in JWT authentication can be bypassed by an attacker using a forged token. This flaw allows authentication bypass without requiring privileges or user interaction. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5 (high severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality impact. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2024:4151 and RHSA-2024:4156 providing updated container images and packages that fix this vulnerability. Users should upgrade their OpenShift clusters to versions 4.15.20 or 4.16.1 or later to apply the fix.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass JWT authentication issuer checks in the Telemeter component, potentially granting unauthorized access to the OpenShift Container Platform environment. The impact is limited to confidentiality as per the CVSS vector; integrity and availability are not affected. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 (4.15.20) and 4.16 (4.16.1) that fix this vulnerability. Users should upgrade their OpenShift clusters to these versions or later using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console following Red Hat's documented upgrade procedures. No additional mitigations are indicated or required beyond applying the official patches.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2024-05-16T22:03:32.375Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4151","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4156","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4329","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4484","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5200","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5037","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 691356bfb36faa5b6c09d269
Added to database: 11/11/2025, 3:31:11 PM
Last enriched: 5/1/2026, 2:08:20 AM
Last updated: 5/9/2026, 8:57:09 AM
Views: 187
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