Red Hat Security Advisory: etcd security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Affects Red Hat etcd security,Source GCVE Database
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Mentioned vulnerabilities
Severity
MediumRated by Threat Radar
Data as of 14 Nov 2026, 17:48 UTC
What to do
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Red Hat has released an updated etcd package (version 3.3.11) that fixes the improper authentication vulnerability. Users should upgrade to this fixed version to remediate the issue.
Description
A security issue in etcd 3.3.11 involving improper authentication via gRPC-gateway was fixed. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-16886 and relates to the AuthInfoFromTLS() function in auth/store.go. This update addresses the authentication flaw to improve security in the etcd key-value store.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0237 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/articles/3938261 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1651034 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1664290 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2019/rhsa-2019_0237.json (opens in a new tab)
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