SB2026031917 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 packages

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SB2026031917 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 packages

Published: March 19, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026031917
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-61729)

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 HostnameError.Error() function in crypto/x509 when printing error string for host certificate validation. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted certificate to the application and trigger resource exhaustion, leading to a denial of service condition. 


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58183)

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

The vulnerability exists in archive/tar due to the tar.Reader does not set a maximum size on the number of sparse region data blocks in GNU tar pax 1.0 sparse files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References