Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-36538

HighPublic PoC

Published: 24 July 2024

Published
24 July 2024
Modified
14 October 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-36538 is a high-severity Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions (CWE-278) vulnerability in Chaos-Mesh Chaos Mesh. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 27.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Insecure permissions in chaos-mesh v2.6.3 allows attackers to access sensitive data and escalate privileges by obtaining the service account's token.

CWE(s)
CWE-278

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

chaos-mesh
chaos mesh
2.6.3

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References