Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.79 bug fix and security update
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.79. See the following advisory for the RPM packages for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:12324 Space precludes documenting all of the container images in this advisory. See the following Release Notes documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for details about these changes: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.12/html/release_notes Security Fix(es): * golang.org/x/oauth2/jws: Unexpected memory consumption during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws (CVE-2025-22868) * sudo: LPE via host option (CVE-2025-32462) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. All OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.12/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-within-minor.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers security fixes in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.79. It addresses CVE-2025-22868, a vulnerability in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws that causes unexpected memory consumption during token parsing, and CVE-2025-32462, a local privilege escalation vulnerability via the sudo host option. The update includes container image and package fixes for OpenShift Container Platform 4.12. All users running versions >=4.12.0 and <4.12.79 are affected and should upgrade. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the severity is rated as important/high by Red Hat Product Security.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to resource exhaustion due to unexpected memory consumption during token parsing and local privilege escalation via sudo host option manipulation. These issues could impact the security and stability of OpenShift Container Platform deployments if unpatched. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.79 containing fixes for these vulnerabilities. Users should upgrade to version 4.12.79 using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console as soon as the update is available in their release channel. Detailed upgrade instructions are provided by Red Hat. There is no indication that additional mitigations are required beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.79 bug fix and security update
Description
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.79. See the following advisory for the RPM packages for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:12324 Space precludes documenting all of the container images in this advisory. See the following Release Notes documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for details about these changes: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.12/html/release_notes Security Fix(es): * golang.org/x/oauth2/jws: Unexpected memory consumption during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws (CVE-2025-22868) * sudo: LPE via host option (CVE-2025-32462) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. All OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.12/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-within-minor.
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers security fixes in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.79. It addresses CVE-2025-22868, a vulnerability in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws that causes unexpected memory consumption during token parsing, and CVE-2025-32462, a local privilege escalation vulnerability via the sudo host option. The update includes container image and package fixes for OpenShift Container Platform 4.12. All users running versions >=4.12.0 and <4.12.79 are affected and should upgrade. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the severity is rated as important/high by Red Hat Product Security.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to resource exhaustion due to unexpected memory consumption during token parsing and local privilege escalation via sudo host option manipulation. These issues could impact the security and stability of OpenShift Container Platform deployments if unpatched. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.79 containing fixes for these vulnerabilities. Users should upgrade to version 4.12.79 using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console as soon as the update is available in their release channel. Detailed upgrade instructions are provided by Red Hat. There is no indication that additional mitigations are required beyond applying the official 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-2025:12323
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-32462"]
Threat ID: 6a160976e29bf47b5064093d
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:30 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 22:28:11 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 59
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