Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 ztp-site-generate container
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
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 advises all OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 users to upgrade to the updated ztp-site-generate container images provided in the advisory RHSA-2025:16529. No alternative mitigations currently meet Red Hat's criteria for effectiveness and ease of deployment. Users should follow Red Hat's official upgrade documentation to apply the asynchronous errata update. Monitoring for further updates from Red Hat is recommended.
Description
A vulnerability in the glog logging library used by Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17's ztp-site-generate container allows an unprivileged attacker to overwrite sensitive files via symbolic links in writable directories due to predictable log file paths. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory advising users to upgrade to updated packages and images. No direct mitigation is currently available that meets Red Hat's criteria for ease of use and applicability. The issue is rated as high severity by Red Hat.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16529 (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_16529.json (opens in a new tab)