Answer in brief
CVE-2024-5042 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.6) vulnerability in Submariner-operator: rbac permissions can allow for the spread of node compromises. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9 (generic), Red Hat/rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9 (generic), Red Hat/rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel9 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.6. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Red Hat/rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9 (generic), Red Hat/rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9 (generic), Red Hat/rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel9 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhacm2/submariner-globalnet-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhacm2/submariner-rhel9-operatorgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhacm2/submariner-route-agent-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| submariner-operatorgeneric | >=0 <0.14.9 || >=0.15.0 <0.15.5 || >=0.16.0 <0.16.7 || >=0.17.0 <0.17.2 || >=0.18.0-m0 <0.18.0-rc0 | 0.14.9, 0.15.5, 0.16.7, 0.17.2, 0.18.0-rc0 |
Published upstream
May 17, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 4, 2026
A flaw was found in the Submariner project. Due to unnecessary role-based access control permissions, a privileged attacker can run a malicious container on a node that may allow them to steal service account tokens and further compromise other nodes and potentially the entire cluster.
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