Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 ztp-site-generate container
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High.
Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 17:59 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Jan 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 3 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated ztp-site-generate container images for OpenShift Container Platform 4.16. Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images following Red Hat's official upgrade documentation. No alternative mitigations meeting Red Hat's criteria are currently available. Users should apply the asynchronous errata update as documented by Red Hat to remediate this vulnerability.
Description
A vulnerability in the glog logging library used by Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16's ztp-site-generate container allows an unprivileged attacker to overwrite sensitive files by exploiting predictable log file paths and planting symbolic links in writable directories. Red Hat has issued an advisory recommending users upgrade to updated packages and images to address this issue.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16527 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45339 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53547 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_16527.json (opens in a new tab)