Microsoft Azure AKS Confidential Container Privilege Escalation
CVE-2024-21400 Published on March 12, 2024

Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Confidential Container Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Confidential Container Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

A proof of concept, or POC exists for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Analysis

Exploitation:
POC
Automatable:
NO
Technical Impact:
TOTAL

Weakness Type

What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

CVE-2024-21400 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-21400

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Affected Versions

Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
2.22%
Percentile
82.86%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.