SB2026040950 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
Published: April 9, 2026 Updated: April 10, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) UNIX symbolic link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-31133)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue within the maskedPaths feature. 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) UNIX symbolic link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52565)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue related to /dev/console mounts. A local user can escape the container using a malicious config and escalate privileges on the system.
3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-61662)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the grub_cmd_translate() function in grub-core/gettext/gettext.c. An attacker with physical access to the system can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.