CVE-2026-84445VulnerabilityPublished 3 Nov 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 5.0 CNF vRAN extras topology aware lifecycle manager update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-84445· High 8.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade Red Hat grpc-go to 1.83.2 or 1.82.2 soon.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 06:34 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

8.7High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Patch: Available – fixed in 1.83.2, 1.82.2

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None
Vulnerable system integrity: None
Vulnerable system availability: High
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: High: There is a total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the Vulnerable System; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the Vulnerable System (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 14 Sep 2026
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.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade grpc-go and github.com/grpc/grpc-go to 1.83.2 or 1.82.2.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
grpcgrpc-go	Affected >=1.83.0 <1.83.2	Fixed in 1.83.2
grpcgrpc-go	Affected <1.82.2	Fixed in 1.82.2
Gogithub.com/grpc/grpc-go`pkg:golang/github.com/grpc/grpc-go`Other threats	Affected <1.82.2 >=1.83.0 <1.83.2	Fixed in 1.82.2 1.83.2

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated packages and container images for the topology aware lifecycle manager in OpenShift Container Platform 5.0 that address this vulnerability. All users of OpenShift Container Platform 5.0 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images following the official Red Hat upgrade documentation. No additional mitigations are required if the update is applied. For environments enforcing mutual TLS, the risk is further reduced as authentication is required before reaching the vulnerable code path.

Description

A vulnerability (CVE-2026-84445) exists in gRPC-Go servers created with xds.NewGRPCServer() used in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5.0 CNF vRAN extras topology aware lifecycle manager. A remote client can send a malformed RPC request missing required :authority or Host headers, causing an index-out-of-bounds panic that crashes the server process, resulting in denial of service. This issue affects deployments using xDS-managed gRPC servers and may be exploitable without authentication in some cases. Standard gRPC servers not using xDS routing are not affected. Mutual TLS environments require authentication before exploitation is possible. Red Hat has released updated packages and images to address this issue and advises all users to upgrade accordingly.

Impact

An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause the gRPC server process to crash by sending malformed RPC requests missing required headers, resulting in denial of service across exposed endpoints. This disrupts availability of services relying on the affected topology aware lifecycle manager in OpenShift Container Platform 5.0. The impact is limited to deployments using xDS-managed gRPC servers; standard gRPC servers without xDS routing are not vulnerable. In environments enforcing mutual TLS, exploitation requires authentication, reducing the attack surface.

Summary

CVE-2026-84445 is a denial of service vulnerability in gRPC-Go servers instantiated via xds.NewGRPCServer(), as used in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5.0 CNF vRAN extras topology aware lifecycle manager. The flaw arises when a remote client sends an RPC request lacking the mandatory :authority or Host headers, triggering an out-of-bounds slice access that crashes the entire server process. This vulnerability specifically impacts xDS-managed gRPC server deployments. Exploitation can be unauthenticated unless mutual TLS is enforced, which restricts exploitation to authenticated peers. Red Hat has issued updated lifecycle manager images and packages to fix this issue and recommends upgrading to these versions. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) and is rated as having a high severity impact by Red Hat.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessCWE Top 25 (2025): #8
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
Architecture and Design · Language Selection
Use a language that provides appropriate memory abstractions.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Overread Buffers (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 4 Nov 2026, 06:34 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-125

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