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Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.18 bug fix and security update

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Published: 10/24/2024 (10/24/2024, 10:44:45 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

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 4.16.18. See the following advisory for the RPM packages for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8263 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.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Security Fix(es): * encoding/gob: golang: Calling Decoder.Decode on a message which contains deeply nested structures can cause a panic due to stack exhaustion (CVE-2024-34156) * containers/image: digest type does not guarantee valid type (CVE-2024-3727) * net/http: Denial of service due to improper 100-continue handling in net/http (CVE-2024-24791) * jose-go: improper handling of highly compressed data (CVE-2024-28180) * go/parser: golang: Calling any of the Parse functions containing deeply nested literals can cause a panic/stack exhaustion (CVE-2024-34155) * go/build/constraint: golang: Calling Parse on a "// +build" build tag line with deeply nested expressions can cause a panic due to stack exhaustion (CVE-2024-34158) 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.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html

Affected software

Affected versions
>=4.18.0 <4.18.1>=9.0.0 <9.5.0Red HatRed Hat OpenShift EnterpriseRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16srcarm64openshift4/ose-cluster-autoscaler-rhel9@sha256:d2f5505862a7f14285ef251ffb56fd57c673bdac15233eea16dcb32e357dddf2_arm64Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13OpenShift VirtualizationCNV 4.15 for RHEL 9amd64container-native-virtualization/aaq-controller-rhel9@sha256:a3be4be46dbde0a95596ccd5a8039d4bad56e014aa0120e8032423be6c16615a_amd64OpenShift API for Data Protection9Base-OADP-1.3ppc64leoadp/oadp-kubevirt-velero-plugin-rhel9@sha256:6818ab81497735d1ccaebd8814af9104260eb4c5ce484320c19b01d0bc2427d2_ppc64leRed Hat Advanced Cluster Security for KubernetesRHACS 4.4 for RHEL 8advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-central-db-rhel8@sha256:daa7ddb8a3dc233385926119ca78ffc342d2e6c588960d1814e1639af956b0f3_ppc64leRed Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)skopeo-2:1.16.1-1.el9.srcRHACS 4.5 for RHEL 8s390xadvanced-cluster-security/rhacs-central-db-rhel8@sha256:f9a33d112599f87304c4304b0aea4ec1f0f368b2e743ab3a9e57f1166c9bbe78_s390xRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

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AILast updated: 08/14/2026, 23:23:07 UTC

Technical Analysis

This advisory covers security updates for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 and related components, including fixes for CVE-2024-3727 in the containers/image library where the digest type does not guarantee a valid type, potentially leading to security issues. Additional fixes address denial of service vulnerabilities in net/http and GraphQL batching, infinite loops in protojson.Unmarshal, argument injection in go-git, and sensitive information leakage in go-retryablehttp logs. The update includes container images and RPM packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.1. The vendor advisory confirms the availability of patches and provides upgrade instructions.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities fixed in this update could allow denial of service conditions, information leakage, and potential injection attacks within the OpenShift Container Platform environment and its underlying components. The digest type issue in containers/image may lead to improper validation of image digests, which could affect container image integrity verification. Denial of service vulnerabilities could disrupt service availability. Sensitive information leakage through logs could expose confidential data. These impacts are rated as high severity by Red Hat Product Security.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.1 and corresponding updated RPM packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users should upgrade their OpenShift clusters to version 4.18.1 and apply the updated packages as soon as they are available in their release channels. Upgrade instructions are provided by Red Hat at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.18/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html. No additional mitigations are required beyond applying these official fixes.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2024:6122
Cve Count
8
Additional Cves
["CVE-2024-6104","CVE-2024-12698","CVE-2024-24786","CVE-2024-45338","CVE-2024-50311","CVE-2025-21613","CVE-2025-21614"]
Cvss Version
3.1

Threat ID: 6a160957e29bf47b5061c321

Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:57:59 UTC

Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 23:23:07 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC

Views: 161

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External Links

NVD DatabaseMITRE CVEhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6122https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important22680462274767229400023193792332674233312223358882335901OCPBUGS-13181OCPBUGS-14118OCPBUGS-15200OCPBUGS-15255OCPBUGS-15462OCPBUGS-17199OCPBUGS-18007OCPBUGS-19838OCPBUGS-22190OCPBUGS-22442https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9098https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/indexhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate22798142295310RHEL-29277RHEL-40812Canonical URLhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:82602268854231052723105282310529OCPBUGS-33692OCPBUGS-33693OCPBUGS-39415OCPBUGS-41364OCPBUGS-41805OCPBUGS-41904OCPBUGS-42014OCPBUGS-42369OCPBUGS-42420OCPBUGS-42432OCPBUGS-42724OCPBUGS-42933https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4159Canonical URLhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9097RHEL-29278RHEL-40808Canonical URLhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9960OADP-2944OADP-3010OADP-3050OADP-3052OADP-3562OADP-3630OADP-4736OADP-4803OADP-5111Canonical URLhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5951https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low2272951CNV-44852CNV-44894CNV-44972CNV-45084Canonical URLhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7182Canonical URLhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:79412309331Canonical URLhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6054https://docs.openshift.com/acs/4.4/release_notes/44-release-notes.html2295010Canonical URLhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6708https://docs.openshift.com/acs/4.5/release_notes/45-release-notes.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3727Canonical URLhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7187Canonical URLSearch on Google

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