Red Hat Security Advisory: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM. Security Fix(es): * openssl: Out-of-bounds read & write in RFC 3211 KEK Unwrap (CVE-2025-9230) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * [FJ8.10 Bug] How to Update Secure Boot Certificates with Microsoft 2023 in KVM Guests (JIRA:RHEL-151949) 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
CVE-2025-9230 is a moderate severity vulnerability affecting the Red Hat Cost Management Metrics Operator, which collects OpenShift usage data by querying Prometheus every hour to generate metric reports uploaded to Red Hat's Cost Management service. The vulnerability is documented in Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:22428. The advisory mentions the operator runs on the latest supported OpenShift versions but does not provide details on a patch or fix. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write).
Potential Impact
The vulnerability affects the Cost Management Metrics Operator component of Red Hat's Cost Management service for OpenShift. Exploitation could potentially impact the integrity or availability of metric data collected and reported by the operator. However, no known exploits in the wild have been reported, and the advisory does not detail specific impact scenarios beyond the classification of the vulnerability as moderate severity.
Mitigation Recommendations
The Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:22428 does not currently list any fixes or patches for this vulnerability. Users are advised to ensure all previously released errata relevant to their systems have been applied before applying any updates. For operator updates, refer to the official OpenShift documentation on upgrading operators: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/operators/admin/olm-upgrading-operators.html. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance.
Red Hat Security Advisory: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Description
EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM. Security Fix(es): * openssl: Out-of-bounds read & write in RFC 3211 KEK Unwrap (CVE-2025-9230) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * [FJ8.10 Bug] How to Update Secure Boot Certificates with Microsoft 2023 in KVM Guests (JIRA:RHEL-151949) 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.
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-9230 is a moderate severity vulnerability affecting the Red Hat Cost Management Metrics Operator, which collects OpenShift usage data by querying Prometheus every hour to generate metric reports uploaded to Red Hat's Cost Management service. The vulnerability is documented in Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:22428. The advisory mentions the operator runs on the latest supported OpenShift versions but does not provide details on a patch or fix. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write).
Potential Impact
The vulnerability affects the Cost Management Metrics Operator component of Red Hat's Cost Management service for OpenShift. Exploitation could potentially impact the integrity or availability of metric data collected and reported by the operator. However, no known exploits in the wild have been reported, and the advisory does not detail specific impact scenarios beyond the classification of the vulnerability as moderate severity.
Mitigation Recommendations
The Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:22428 does not currently list any fixes or patches for this vulnerability. Users are advised to ensure all previously released errata relevant to their systems have been applied before applying any updates. For operator updates, refer to the official OpenShift documentation on upgrading operators: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/operators/admin/olm-upgrading-operators.html. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:7261
- Cve Count
- 23
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-9231","CVE-2025-9232","CVE-2025-11187","CVE-2025-15467","CVE-2025-15468","CVE-2025-15469","CVE-2025-66199","CVE-2025-68160","CVE-2025-69418","CVE-2025-69419","CVE-2025-69420","CVE-2025-69421","CVE-2026-2673","CVE-2026-22795","CVE-2026-22796","CVE-2026-28386","CVE-2026-28387","CVE-2026-28388","CVE-2026-28389","CVE-2026-28390","CVE-2026-31789","CVE-2026-31790"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a160978e29bf47b50644cc8
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:32 UTC
Last enriched: 07/07/2026, 00:57:15 UTC
Last updated: 07/10/2026, 19:47:30 UTC
Views: 101
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