cve/2024/CVE-2024-6840.md

### [CVE-2024-6840](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6840)
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### Description

An improper authorization flaw exists in the Ansible Automation Controller. This flaw allows an attacker using the k8S API server to send an HTTP request with a service account token mounted via `automountServiceAccountToken: true`, resulting in privilege escalation to a service account.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cve-scores
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds