There is a ClusterRole in piraeus-operator v2.5.0 and earlier which has been granted list secrets permission, which allows an attacker to impersonate the service account bound to this ClusterRole and use its high-risk privileges to list confidential information across the cluster.
CVE-2024-33398
HIGHNVD 7.57.5—Elevated
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2024-05-03. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 44.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 3, 2024
Last Modified
April 15, 2026
References (8)
- cve@mitrehttps://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/d0c11fae5ba4789946ae33175d0f9edb
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/HouqiyuA/k8s-rbac-poc
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/piraeusdatastore/piraeus-operator
- cve@mitrehttps://piraeus.io/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/d0c11fae5ba4789946ae33175d0f9edb
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/HouqiyuA/k8s-rbac-poc
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/piraeusdatastore/piraeus-operator
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://piraeus.io/
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2024-33398?
CVE-2024-33398 is a high vulnerability published on May 3, 2024. There is a ClusterRole in piraeus-operator v2.5.0 and earlier which has been granted list secrets permission, which allows an attacker to impersonate the service account bound to this ClusterRole and use its high-risk privileges to list confidential information across the cluster.
When was CVE-2024-33398 disclosed?
CVE-2024-33398 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 3, 2024, with the most recent update on April 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-33398 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-33398 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 44.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-33398?
CVE-2024-33398 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-33398?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-33398, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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