Node command execution via symlinked secret destination
Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Aug 11, 2026
Command injection in OpenShift Container Platform allows remote authenticated users to execute code on a cluster node through Docker-strategy builds. The builder's copyLocalObject function follows a source-tree symlink when copying BuildConfig secrets, allowing a secret named cp to replace /usr/bin/cp. Creating Docker-strategy builds and referenced secrets requires elevated cluster permissions; the substituted command runs as root in a privileged build container.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in OpenShift Container Platform allows remote authenticated users to execute code on a cluster node through Docker-strategy builds. The builder's copyLocalObject function follows a source-tree symlink when copying BuildConfig secrets, allowing a secret named cp to replace /usr/bin/cp. Creating Docker-strategy builds and referenced secrets requires elevated cluster permissions; the substituted command runs as root in a privileged build container.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-7387
- Published
- Sep 16, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
- Classifications
- CWE-250, T1611
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- OpenShift Docker-strategy builder privilege-escalation proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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