Red Hat Security Advisory: RHACS 4.9.3 security and bug fix update
See the release notes (link in the references section) for a description of the fixes and enhancements in this particular release.
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Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2025-12816 exists in the node-forge library, which is used for cryptographic operations in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes. The flaw involves an interpretation conflict in ASN.1 structure parsing, allowing attackers to craft malicious ASN.1 data that desynchronizes schema validations. This results in bypassing downstream cryptographic verifications and security decisions, potentially compromising the integrity and confidentiality of affected systems. Red Hat has released RHACS version 4.9.3 containing fixes and security patches to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass cryptographic verification mechanisms, leading to potential compromise of data integrity and confidentiality in affected Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security deployments. The vulnerability does not impact availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security version 4.9.3. Users of earlier versions (>=4.9.0 <4.9.3) are advised to upgrade to version 4.9.3 to benefit from the security patches and bug fixes. No alternative mitigations meeting Red Hat's criteria are currently available.
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHACS 4.9.3 security and bug fix update
Description
See the release notes (link in the references section) for a description of the fixes and enhancements in this particular release.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2025-12816 exists in the node-forge library, which is used for cryptographic operations in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes. The flaw involves an interpretation conflict in ASN.1 structure parsing, allowing attackers to craft malicious ASN.1 data that desynchronizes schema validations. This results in bypassing downstream cryptographic verifications and security decisions, potentially compromising the integrity and confidentiality of affected systems. Red Hat has released RHACS version 4.9.3 containing fixes and security patches to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass cryptographic verification mechanisms, leading to potential compromise of data integrity and confidentiality in affected Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security deployments. The vulnerability does not impact availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security version 4.9.3. Users of earlier versions (>=4.9.0 <4.9.3) are advised to upgrade to version 4.9.3 to benefit from the security patches and bug fixes. No alternative mitigations meeting Red Hat's criteria are currently available.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:2568
- Cve Count
- 9
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-15284","CVE-2025-58183","CVE-2025-66031","CVE-2025-66506","CVE-2025-66564","CVE-2025-68428","CVE-2025-68973","CVE-2026-22029"]
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a16096fe29bf47b50636fd8
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:23 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 21:38:25 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 22:05:24 UTC
Views: 118
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