Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.16.2 security update
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 images Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides the capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of public and private cloud environments. Clusters and applications are all visible and managed from a single console—with security policy built in. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, which add new features and enhancements, bug fixes, and updated container images. See the following Release Notes documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for additional details about this release: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes/2.16/html-single/release_notes/index#acm-release-notes
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This security advisory from Red Hat addresses multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15.3 container images. The product facilitates unified visibility and management of Kubernetes clusters and applications across public and private clouds. The advisory references a collection of CVEs including CVE-2025-48431 and 19 others, covering various weaknesses such as those categorized under CWEs like CWE-763, CWE-787, CWE-201, and others. The CVSS vector for CVE-2025-48431 indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or integrity impact, but high impact on availability. The advisory notes new features, enhancements, bug fixes, and updated container images but does not explicitly list individual vulnerability fixes or patch versions. The vendor advisory directs users to apply this update and any previously released errata relevant to their system.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively have a high severity impact, primarily affecting availability of the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes service. The CVSS vector for the primary CVE indicates that an attacker can exploit the vulnerability remotely without privileges or user interaction, potentially causing denial of service or disruption. There is no reported impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update to Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes version 2.15.3 is available and includes fixes for the reported vulnerabilities. Users should apply this update along with any previously released relevant errata to ensure their systems are protected. The vendor advisory does not specify individual patches but indicates that the updated container images contain the necessary fixes. Follow Red Hat's official guidance for applying updates: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.16.2 security update
Description
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 images Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides the capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of public and private cloud environments. Clusters and applications are all visible and managed from a single console—with security policy built in. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, which add new features and enhancements, bug fixes, and updated container images. See the following Release Notes documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for additional details about this release: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes/2.16/html-single/release_notes/index#acm-release-notes
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This security advisory from Red Hat addresses multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15.3 container images. The product facilitates unified visibility and management of Kubernetes clusters and applications across public and private clouds. The advisory references a collection of CVEs including CVE-2025-48431 and 19 others, covering various weaknesses such as those categorized under CWEs like CWE-763, CWE-787, CWE-201, and others. The CVSS vector for CVE-2025-48431 indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or integrity impact, but high impact on availability. The advisory notes new features, enhancements, bug fixes, and updated container images but does not explicitly list individual vulnerability fixes or patch versions. The vendor advisory directs users to apply this update and any previously released errata relevant to their system.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively have a high severity impact, primarily affecting availability of the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes service. The CVSS vector for the primary CVE indicates that an attacker can exploit the vulnerability remotely without privileges or user interaction, potentially causing denial of service or disruption. There is no reported impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update to Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes version 2.15.3 is available and includes fixes for the reported vulnerabilities. Users should apply this update along with any previously released relevant errata to ensure their systems are protected. The vendor advisory does not specify individual patches but indicates that the updated container images contain the necessary fixes. Follow Red Hat's official guidance for applying updates: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:24539
- Cve Count
- 20
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-33815","CVE-2026-33816","CVE-2026-40293","CVE-2026-40890","CVE-2026-40895","CVE-2026-41602","CVE-2026-41603","CVE-2026-41604","CVE-2026-41605","CVE-2026-41606","CVE-2026-41607","CVE-2026-41636","CVE-2026-42033","CVE-2026-42035","CVE-2026-42039","CVE-2026-42041","CVE-2026-42043","CVE-2026-42044","CVE-2026-43869"]
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a27320be29bf47b509be5f7
Added to database: 06/08/2026, 21:20:11 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 09:38:20 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 22:24:09 UTC
Views: 73
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