Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.24 packages 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 RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.24. See the following advisory for the container images for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15714 All OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 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 Console or the CLI oc command. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.18/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-cli.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2025:20983 reports two vulnerabilities affecting podman, a container management tool part of the libpod library. CVE-2025-47907 is a race condition in the database/sql Postgres scan implementation. CVE-2025-9566 involves the podman kube play command potentially overwriting files on the host system, which could lead to unauthorized file modification. The advisory covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and associated CodeReady Linux Builder variants across multiple architectures. The update fixes these issues and is classified as Important severity by Red Hat. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, and no known exploits in the wild are reported.
Potential Impact
The podman kube play command vulnerability (CVE-2025-9566) may allow overwriting of host files, potentially leading to unauthorized modification of critical system files. The race condition in Postgres scanning (CVE-2025-47907) could cause unexpected behavior or data corruption in applications using database/sql with Postgres. Both issues affect container management and could impact system stability or security if exploited.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an update for podman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official patch as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:20983 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the update.
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.24 packages 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 RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.24. See the following advisory for the container images for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15714 All OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 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 Console or the CLI oc command. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.18/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-cli.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.1high
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2025:20983 reports two vulnerabilities affecting podman, a container management tool part of the libpod library. CVE-2025-47907 is a race condition in the database/sql Postgres scan implementation. CVE-2025-9566 involves the podman kube play command potentially overwriting files on the host system, which could lead to unauthorized file modification. The advisory covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and associated CodeReady Linux Builder variants across multiple architectures. The update fixes these issues and is classified as Important severity by Red Hat. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, and no known exploits in the wild are reported.
Potential Impact
The podman kube play command vulnerability (CVE-2025-9566) may allow overwriting of host files, potentially leading to unauthorized modification of critical system files. The race condition in Postgres scanning (CVE-2025-47907) could cause unexpected behavior or data corruption in applications using database/sql with Postgres. Both issues affect container management and could impact system stability or security if exploited.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an update for podman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official patch as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:20983 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:20983
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-47907"]
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a19febee29bf47b500fda9d
Added to database: 05/29/2026, 21:01:50 UTC
Last enriched: 08/10/2026, 19:57:56 UTC
Last updated: 09/16/2026, 10:01:30 UTC
Views: 104
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