Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.54 packages 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 RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.54. See the following advisory for the container images for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1572 Security Fix(es): * golang-fips/openssl: Memory leaks in code encrypting and decrypting RSA payloads (CVE-2024-1394) * golang-protobuf: encoding/protojson, internal/encoding/json: infinite loop in protojson.Unmarshal when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON (CVE-2024-24786) * jose-go: improper handling of highly compressed data (CVE-2024-28180) 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.openshift.com/container-platform/4.12/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers multiple security fixes in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform releases 4.12.54 and 4.14.19. The key vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-1394, which involves memory leaks in the golang-fips/openssl code during RSA payload encryption and decryption; CVE-2024-24786, an infinite loop in golang-protobuf's protojson.Unmarshal when processing certain invalid JSON inputs; and CVE-2024-28180, improper handling of highly compressed data in jose-go. These vulnerabilities have been rated with an Important security impact by Red Hat Product Security and addressed in updated RPM packages and container images. Detailed upgrade instructions are provided by Red Hat to fully apply these asynchronous errata updates.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to resource exhaustion due to memory leaks and infinite loops, potentially affecting the stability and reliability of the OpenShift Container Platform. Improper handling of highly compressed data could also lead to unexpected behavior or denial of service conditions. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time. The security impact is rated as Important by Red Hat, indicating a high severity but not critical.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages and container images that fix these vulnerabilities. Users of OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.12.0 through 4.12.54 and 4.14.0 through 4.14.19 should upgrade to the respective fixed versions (4.12.54 and 4.14.19) as soon as they are available in their release channels. Upgrade instructions are available in the official Red Hat OpenShift documentation. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.54 packages 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 RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.54. See the following advisory for the container images for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1572 Security Fix(es): * golang-fips/openssl: Memory leaks in code encrypting and decrypting RSA payloads (CVE-2024-1394) * golang-protobuf: encoding/protojson, internal/encoding/json: infinite loop in protojson.Unmarshal when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON (CVE-2024-24786) * jose-go: improper handling of highly compressed data (CVE-2024-28180) 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.openshift.com/container-platform/4.12/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers multiple security fixes in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform releases 4.12.54 and 4.14.19. The key vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-1394, which involves memory leaks in the golang-fips/openssl code during RSA payload encryption and decryption; CVE-2024-24786, an infinite loop in golang-protobuf's protojson.Unmarshal when processing certain invalid JSON inputs; and CVE-2024-28180, improper handling of highly compressed data in jose-go. These vulnerabilities have been rated with an Important security impact by Red Hat Product Security and addressed in updated RPM packages and container images. Detailed upgrade instructions are provided by Red Hat to fully apply these asynchronous errata updates.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to resource exhaustion due to memory leaks and infinite loops, potentially affecting the stability and reliability of the OpenShift Container Platform. Improper handling of highly compressed data could also lead to unexpected behavior or denial of service conditions. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time. The security impact is rated as Important by Red Hat, indicating a high severity but not critical.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages and container images that fix these vulnerabilities. Users of OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.12.0 through 4.12.54 and 4.14.0 through 4.14.19 should upgrade to the respective fixed versions (4.12.54 and 4.14.19) as soon as they are available in their release channels. Upgrade instructions are available in the official Red Hat OpenShift documentation. 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-2024:1574
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-24786","CVE-2024-28180"]
Threat ID: 6a160958e29bf47b5061fc40
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:00 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 22:37:16 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:47 UTC
Views: 103
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