Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16.0 security update
Red Hat build of MicroShift is Red Hat's light-weight Kubernetes orchestration solution designed for edge device deployments and is built from the edge capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. MicroShift is an application that is deployed on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux devices at the edge, providing an efficient way to operate single-node clusters in these low-resource environments. This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16.0. Read the following advisory for the container images for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0041 All Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16 users are advised to use these updated packages and images when they are available in the RPM repository. Security Fix(es): * golang-protobuf: encoding/protojson, internal/encoding/json: infinite loop in protojson.Unmarshal when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON (CVE-2024-24786) * kubernetes: kube-apiserver: bypassing mountable secrets policy imposed by the ServiceAccount admission plugin (CVE-2024-3177) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers security updates for Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16.0, addressing two main vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-24786, which is an infinite loop in golang-protobuf's protojson.Unmarshal when processing certain invalid JSON inputs, and CVE-2024-3177, which allows bypassing the mountable secrets policy enforced by the Kubernetes ServiceAccount admission plugin in kube-apiserver. The update includes RPM packages and container images to remediate these issues. The advisory also references related bug fixes and enhancements for MicroShift 4.16.0. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 also received related security updates, but with a Moderate impact rating. The vendor advisory confirms the availability of updated packages and provides instructions for installation and upgrade.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities fixed in this update could cause denial of service via an infinite loop when unmarshaling invalid JSON data (CVE-2024-24786) and unauthorized bypass of mountable secrets policy in Kubernetes API server (CVE-2024-3177). These issues could compromise the security controls around secret management and potentially affect cluster stability. Red Hat rates the overall security impact of the MicroShift 4.16.0 update as Important (high). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A vendor-provided official fix is available. Users of Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16.0 should promptly update to the latest RPM packages and container images as provided in the Red Hat RPM repository and follow the installation instructions in the official documentation. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16.0 security update
Description
Red Hat build of MicroShift is Red Hat's light-weight Kubernetes orchestration solution designed for edge device deployments and is built from the edge capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. MicroShift is an application that is deployed on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux devices at the edge, providing an efficient way to operate single-node clusters in these low-resource environments. This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16.0. Read the following advisory for the container images for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0041 All Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16 users are advised to use these updated packages and images when they are available in the RPM repository. Security Fix(es): * golang-protobuf: encoding/protojson, internal/encoding/json: infinite loop in protojson.Unmarshal when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON (CVE-2024-24786) * kubernetes: kube-apiserver: bypassing mountable secrets policy imposed by the ServiceAccount admission plugin (CVE-2024-3177) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers security updates for Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16.0, addressing two main vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-24786, which is an infinite loop in golang-protobuf's protojson.Unmarshal when processing certain invalid JSON inputs, and CVE-2024-3177, which allows bypassing the mountable secrets policy enforced by the Kubernetes ServiceAccount admission plugin in kube-apiserver. The update includes RPM packages and container images to remediate these issues. The advisory also references related bug fixes and enhancements for MicroShift 4.16.0. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 also received related security updates, but with a Moderate impact rating. The vendor advisory confirms the availability of updated packages and provides instructions for installation and upgrade.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities fixed in this update could cause denial of service via an infinite loop when unmarshaling invalid JSON data (CVE-2024-24786) and unauthorized bypass of mountable secrets policy in Kubernetes API server (CVE-2024-3177). These issues could compromise the security controls around secret management and potentially affect cluster stability. Red Hat rates the overall security impact of the MicroShift 4.16.0 update as Important (high). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A vendor-provided official fix is available. Users of Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.16.0 should promptly update to the latest RPM packages and container images as provided in the Red Hat RPM repository and follow the installation instructions in the official documentation. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:0043
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-24786"]
Threat ID: 6a160957e29bf47b5061e483
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:57:59 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 22:39:46 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 22:04:11 UTC
Views: 82
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