Description
A flaw was found in the OpenShift Router. A user with EndpointSlice write access can exploit this vulnerability by creating a Service backed by an FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) EndpointSlice that resolves to a cloud metadata endpoint. This allows the router to proxy requests to the cloud metadata endpoint, leading to the disclosure of instance credentials and other sensitive metadata. This bypasses previous security measures for validating IP addresses.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
Default version status: affected
1789938693 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
Default version status: affected
1788578875 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19
Default version status: affected
1786771399 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20
Default version status: affected
1786496552 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21
Default version status: affected
1786498169 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22
Default version status: affected
1786584196 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54583 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54602 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54770 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57408 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65852 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70587 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42965 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483184 ↗
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42965.json ↗