# CVE-2024-25133: OpenShift Hive RCE through AWS/Kubernetes client configuration leads to privilege escalation

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-25133-openshift-hive-rce-through-aws-kubernetes-client-configuration  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-01-07  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-25133 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-01-07

OpenShift Hive RCE through AWS/Kubernetes client configuration leads to privilege escalation in github.com/openshift/hive

Technologies: [github.com/openshift/hive (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-openshift-hive). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-25133 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-25133 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-25133?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 7 January 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/openshift/hive (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=1.1.16.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-25133?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-25133?** Check whether you run github.com/openshift/hive (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- github.com/openshift/hive (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=1.1.16

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-25133
- GHSA-wgqq-9qh8-wvqv
- GO-2024-3360

## Related threats

- [GO-2025-3536 - OpenShift Hive Has an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability in github.com/openshift/hive](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-25132-openshift-hive-has-an-uncontrolled-resource-consumption)
- [GO-2025-3529 - Openshift Hive Exposes VCenter Credentials via ClusterProvision in github.com/openshift/hive](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-2241-openshift-hive-exposes-vcenter-credentials-via-clusterprovision)