SB2026051370 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
Published: May 13, 2026 Updated: May 22, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Improper control of a resource through its lifetime (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31431)
CWE-ID: CWE-664 - Improper control of a resource through its lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper memory handling within the authencesn cryptographic template in algif_aead when processing AEAD operations. A local user can trigger the vulnerable code path to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Note, this vulnerability was dubbed "Copy Fail".
2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24514)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error where the "auth-url" Ingress annotation can be used to inject configuration into nginx. A remote authenticated user can execute arbitrary code in the context of the ingress-nginx controller.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.