SB2026031663 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 packages

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SB2026031663 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 packages

Published: March 16, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026031663
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) UNIX symbolic link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52881)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue related to procfs write redirects. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with privileges of the application.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in privilege escalation.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-61726)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the Request.ParseForm method in net/http when parsing a URL-encoded form. A remote attacker can pass an overly large request with a large number of key-value pairs and consume all available memory on the system. 


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References