Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform (Tempo) 3.4 release
CVE-2024-8260 is a moderate severity vulnerability addressed in the Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform (Tempo) 3.4 release. Tempo is an open-source distributed tracing backend used for observability in microservices architectures. The advisory announces a new Tempo 3.4 release that fixes multiple issues including crashes, UI errors, and metric scraping problems. No specific technical details about the vulnerability itself are provided beyond the CWE-294 classification (Improper Authentication).
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Technical Summary
Red Hat released an updated version 3.4 of its OpenShift distributed tracing platform based on Tempo, which addresses CVE-2024-8260, a vulnerability categorized under CWE-294 (Improper Authentication). Tempo enables tracing of requests in distributed microservices environments and is optimized for high performance and scalability. The advisory details fixes for various functional and stability issues in Tempo and its integration with OpenShift, but does not provide explicit technical details about the vulnerability or exploitation methods. The update is available via Red Hat's operator upgrade mechanisms.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability relates to improper authentication (CWE-294) in the Tempo distributed tracing platform, which could potentially allow unauthorized access or actions within the tracing backend. The advisory assigns a medium severity level but does not report any known exploits in the wild. The impact is limited to the observability/tracing component within OpenShift environments using Tempo, potentially affecting the integrity or availability of tracing data or services.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version of Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform (Tempo) 3.4 has been released addressing this vulnerability. Users should apply the update following Red Hat's documented operator upgrade procedures at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.17/html/operators/administrator-tasks#olm-upgrading-operators. No additional mitigation or workarounds are specified in the advisory. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform (Tempo) 3.4 release
Description
CVE-2024-8260 is a moderate severity vulnerability addressed in the Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform (Tempo) 3.4 release. Tempo is an open-source distributed tracing backend used for observability in microservices architectures. The advisory announces a new Tempo 3.4 release that fixes multiple issues including crashes, UI errors, and metric scraping problems. No specific technical details about the vulnerability itself are provided beyond the CWE-294 classification (Improper Authentication).
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Technical Analysis
Red Hat released an updated version 3.4 of its OpenShift distributed tracing platform based on Tempo, which addresses CVE-2024-8260, a vulnerability categorized under CWE-294 (Improper Authentication). Tempo enables tracing of requests in distributed microservices environments and is optimized for high performance and scalability. The advisory details fixes for various functional and stability issues in Tempo and its integration with OpenShift, but does not provide explicit technical details about the vulnerability or exploitation methods. The update is available via Red Hat's operator upgrade mechanisms.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability relates to improper authentication (CWE-294) in the Tempo distributed tracing platform, which could potentially allow unauthorized access or actions within the tracing backend. The advisory assigns a medium severity level but does not report any known exploits in the wild. The impact is limited to the observability/tracing component within OpenShift environments using Tempo, potentially affecting the integrity or availability of tracing data or services.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version of Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform (Tempo) 3.4 has been released addressing this vulnerability. Users should apply the update following Red Hat's documented operator upgrade procedures at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.17/html/operators/administrator-tasks#olm-upgrading-operators. No additional mitigation or workarounds are specified in the advisory. Patch status is confirmed 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-2024:10948
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a5d27b02a4a8d5989132dc1
Added to database: 07/19/2026, 19:38:24 UTC
Last enriched: 07/19/2026, 20:26:53 UTC
Last updated: 07/24/2026, 20:51:59 UTC
Views: 13
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