Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-28917

Medium

Published: 09 April 2024

Published
09 April 2024
Modified
07 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0014 33.7th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-28917 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Arc Extension Microsoft.Azstackhci.Operator. Its CVSS base score is 6.2 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 33.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes Extension Cluster-Scope Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
azure arc extension microsoft.azstackhci.operator
1.0.0 — 5.0.5
microsoft
azure arc extension microsoft.azure.hybridnetwork
1.0.0 — 1.0.2620-162
microsoft
azure arc extension microsoft.azurekeyvaultsecretsprovider
1.0.0 — 1.5.2
microsoft
azure arc extension microsoft.iotoperations.mq
≤ 0.3.0-preview
microsoft
azure arc extension microsoft.networkfabricserviceextension
1.0.0 — 5.1.3
microsoft
azure arc extension microsoft.openservicemesh
1.0.0 — 1.2.6
microsoft
azure arc extension microsoft.videoindexer
1.0.0 — 1.1.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-284

The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.

addresses: CWE-284

Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.

addresses: CWE-284

Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.

addresses: CWE-284

Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.

addresses: CWE-284

By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-284

Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.

addresses: CWE-284

Requiring prior authorization for each remote access type prevents improper access control over remote connections.

addresses: CWE-284

Requiring authorization of wireless access before allowing connections enforces proper access control for this access method.

References