Incorrect privilege assignment in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps - CVE-2025-13888

 

Incorrect privilege assignment in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps - CVE-2025-13888

Published: December 15, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU119967
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-13888
CWE-ID: CWE-266
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect privilege assignment. A remote user can create privileged workloads that run on master nodes, effectively giving them root access to the entire cluster.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-13888

Install updates from vendor's website.

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