Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.47 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 4.16.47. See the following advisory for the RPM packages for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:14854 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/4.16/html/release_notes/ Security Fix(es): * libxslt: Heap Use-After-Free in libxslt caused by atype corruption in xmlAttrPtr (CVE-2025-7425) * git: Git arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-48384) * git: Git arbitrary file writes (CVE-2025-48385) * libxml2: Out-of-Bounds Read in libxml2 (CVE-2025-32414) * libxml2: Out-of-bounds Read in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables (CVE-2025-32415) 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 4.16 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/4.16/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-cli.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory addresses several security vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.47 and related Red Hat Enterprise Linux components. The primary vulnerability, CVE-2025-7425, is a heap use-after-free in libxslt due to type confusion in xmlAttrPtr, which can lead to memory corruption. Other vulnerabilities include arbitrary code execution and file write flaws in git, and out-of-bounds reads in libxml2. The vendor has released updated container images and RPM packages for affected products and versions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10 variants, to fix these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities fixed in this update could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, write arbitrary files, or cause memory corruption leading to potential denial of service or further exploitation. The heap use-after-free in libxslt (CVE-2025-7425) is particularly critical as it involves memory corruption. These issues affect multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions and OpenShift Container Platform 4.16. Without applying the update, systems remain vulnerable to these security risks.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official fixes for these vulnerabilities in the form of updated container images and RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.47 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10. Users should apply these updates promptly following Red Hat's published guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.47 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 4.16.47. See the following advisory for the RPM packages for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:14854 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/4.16/html/release_notes/ Security Fix(es): * libxslt: Heap Use-After-Free in libxslt caused by atype corruption in xmlAttrPtr (CVE-2025-7425) * git: Git arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-48384) * git: Git arbitrary file writes (CVE-2025-48385) * libxml2: Out-of-Bounds Read in libxml2 (CVE-2025-32414) * libxml2: Out-of-bounds Read in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables (CVE-2025-32415) 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 4.16 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/4.16/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-cli.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
This advisory addresses several security vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.47 and related Red Hat Enterprise Linux components. The primary vulnerability, CVE-2025-7425, is a heap use-after-free in libxslt due to type confusion in xmlAttrPtr, which can lead to memory corruption. Other vulnerabilities include arbitrary code execution and file write flaws in git, and out-of-bounds reads in libxml2. The vendor has released updated container images and RPM packages for affected products and versions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10 variants, to fix these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities fixed in this update could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, write arbitrary files, or cause memory corruption leading to potential denial of service or further exploitation. The heap use-after-free in libxslt (CVE-2025-7425) is particularly critical as it involves memory corruption. These issues affect multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions and OpenShift Container Platform 4.16. Without applying the update, systems remain vulnerable to these security risks.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official fixes for these vulnerabilities in the form of updated container images and RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.47 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10. Users should apply these updates promptly following Red Hat's published guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:14858
- Cve Count
- 5
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-32414","CVE-2025-32415","CVE-2025-48384","CVE-2025-48385"]
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a1f4e87e29bf47b500818a3
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:35 UTC
Last enriched: 08/16/2026, 16:52:38 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:42:38 UTC
Views: 65
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