CVE-2024-12401

A flaw was found in the cert-manager package. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify PEM data that the…

CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary 4.4 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

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nvd · CVE-2024-12401

Published

A flaw was found in the cert-manager package. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify PEM data that the cert-manager reads, for example, in a Secret resource, to use large amounts of CPU in the cert-manager controller pod to effectively create a denial-of-service (DoS) vector for the cert-manager in the cluster.

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nvd · CVE-2024-12401

Published

A flaw was found in the cert-manager package. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify PEM data that the cert-manager reads, for example, in a Secret resource, to use large amounts of CPU in the cert-manager controller pod to effectively…

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Source analysis status: Deferred

Weakness classifications: CWE-20

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published: 2024-12-12T09:15:05.790

lastModified: 2026-06-26T05:16:25.573

Source published: 12 Dec 2024 09:15:05 UTC
Source modified: 26 Jun 2026 05:16:25 UTC
Saved here: 24 Oct 2026 23:17:16 UTC
Source terms: NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained

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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H