Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.38 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 4.16.38. See the following advisory for the RPM packages for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:3303 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): * buildah: Buildah allows arbitrary directory mount (CVE-2024-9675) * kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices (CVE-2024-53197) * libxml2: Use-After-Free in libxml2 (CVE-2024-56171) * grub2: net: Out-of-bounds write in grub_net_search_config_file() (CVE-2025-0624) * libxml2: Stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements of libxml2 (CVE-2025-24928) * Podman: Buildah: CRI-O: symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library can cause Denial of Service (DoS) (CVE-2024-9676) * github.com/moby/moby: NULL Pointer Dereference in Moby (CVE-2024-36620) * kernel: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer (CVE-2024-50302) * go-jose: Go JOSE's Parsing Vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2025-27144) 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 covers multiple security vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, specifically in versions prior to 4.13.56 and 4.14.40. Key fixes include CVE-2024-9675 (Buildah arbitrary directory mount), CVE-2024-11218 (podman/buildah container breakout via race condition), CVE-2024-12085 (rsync info leak via uninitialized stack contents), CVE-2024-21626 (runc file descriptor leak), and others affecting golang parsing libraries, kernel modules (media, ALSA, HID), and libxml2. These vulnerabilities can lead to privilege escalation, denial of service, information disclosure, and container breakout. Red Hat has provided updated RPM packages and container images to remediate these issues, with detailed upgrade instructions available in their official documentation and advisories.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively pose significant risks including container breakout, arbitrary directory mounts, denial of service via symlink traversal and stack exhaustion, information leaks, use-after-free conditions, and file descriptor leaks. These can impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of containerized workloads running on affected OpenShift Container Platform versions. Exploitation could allow attackers to escape container isolation, cause service disruptions, or leak sensitive information. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available for these vulnerabilities. Red Hat has released updated packages and container images for OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.56 and 4.14.40 that address these security issues. Users should upgrade their clusters to these versions using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console following the official upgrade instructions provided by Red Hat. No additional mitigations are required beyond applying the official updates.
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.38 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 4.16.38. See the following advisory for the RPM packages for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:3303 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): * buildah: Buildah allows arbitrary directory mount (CVE-2024-9675) * kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices (CVE-2024-53197) * libxml2: Use-After-Free in libxml2 (CVE-2024-56171) * grub2: net: Out-of-bounds write in grub_net_search_config_file() (CVE-2025-0624) * libxml2: Stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements of libxml2 (CVE-2025-24928) * Podman: Buildah: CRI-O: symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library can cause Denial of Service (DoS) (CVE-2024-9676) * github.com/moby/moby: NULL Pointer Dereference in Moby (CVE-2024-36620) * kernel: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer (CVE-2024-50302) * go-jose: Go JOSE's Parsing Vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2025-27144) 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.
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers multiple security vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, specifically in versions prior to 4.13.56 and 4.14.40. Key fixes include CVE-2024-9675 (Buildah arbitrary directory mount), CVE-2024-11218 (podman/buildah container breakout via race condition), CVE-2024-12085 (rsync info leak via uninitialized stack contents), CVE-2024-21626 (runc file descriptor leak), and others affecting golang parsing libraries, kernel modules (media, ALSA, HID), and libxml2. These vulnerabilities can lead to privilege escalation, denial of service, information disclosure, and container breakout. Red Hat has provided updated RPM packages and container images to remediate these issues, with detailed upgrade instructions available in their official documentation and advisories.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively pose significant risks including container breakout, arbitrary directory mounts, denial of service via symlink traversal and stack exhaustion, information leaks, use-after-free conditions, and file descriptor leaks. These can impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of containerized workloads running on affected OpenShift Container Platform versions. Exploitation could allow attackers to escape container isolation, cause service disruptions, or leak sensitive information. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available for these vulnerabilities. Red Hat has released updated packages and container images for OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.56 and 4.14.40 that address these security issues. Users should upgrade their clusters to these versions using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console following the official upgrade instructions provided by Red Hat. No additional mitigations are required beyond applying the official updates.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:3301
- Cve Count
- 9
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-9676","CVE-2024-36620","CVE-2024-50302","CVE-2024-53197","CVE-2024-56171","CVE-2025-0624","CVE-2025-24928","CVE-2025-27144"]
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a160989e29bf47b5065396d
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:49 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 23:04:25 UTC
Last updated: 09/02/2026, 22:52:03 UTC
Views: 427
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