Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.5 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
The RHTAS Operator can be used with OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 and 4.21
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2026-32281 affects Kiali 2.4.17, a component of Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0, by exposing it to a denial of service condition due to inefficient certificate chain validation in the Go crypto/x509 package. This inefficiency can be triggered to degrade service availability. Red Hat has issued an advisory (RHSA-2026:20456) indicating that the issue is fixed in Kiali 2.4.17. The advisory confirms the moderate severity of the issue and provides references for further details. No exploits are currently known in the wild.
Potential Impact
An attacker could exploit inefficient certificate chain validation in the Go crypto/x509 package used by Kiali to cause a denial of service, potentially disrupting observability and management functions of the service mesh. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat. There are no reports of active exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released Kiali version 2.4.17 for OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0 which includes the fix for CVE-2026-32281. Users should upgrade to this version to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying this update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.5 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
Description
The RHTAS Operator can be used with OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 and 4.21
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2026-32281 affects Kiali 2.4.17, a component of Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0, by exposing it to a denial of service condition due to inefficient certificate chain validation in the Go crypto/x509 package. This inefficiency can be triggered to degrade service availability. Red Hat has issued an advisory (RHSA-2026:20456) indicating that the issue is fixed in Kiali 2.4.17. The advisory confirms the moderate severity of the issue and provides references for further details. No exploits are currently known in the wild.
Potential Impact
An attacker could exploit inefficient certificate chain validation in the Go crypto/x509 package used by Kiali to cause a denial of service, potentially disrupting observability and management functions of the service mesh. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat. There are no reports of active exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released Kiali version 2.4.17 for OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0 which includes the fix for CVE-2026-32281. Users should upgrade to this version to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying this update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:20460
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a160973e29bf47b5063ccb7
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:27 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 10:53:45 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 21:28:44 UTC
Views: 116
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