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Red HatCVE-2026-49331

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: authentication bypass

Medium6.5CVE-2026-49331 · Published Aug 5, 2026 · updated Aug 6, 2026

A flaw was found in openshift/oauth-proxy. On paths configured to bypass authentication (skip-auth-regex), the proxy forwards client-supplied identity headers (X-Forwarded-User, X-Forwarded-Email, X-Forwarded-Access-Token) to the upstream application without stripping them. An unauthenticated attacker can inject forged identity headers on whitelisted paths.

Red Hat advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
all versionsNo fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-345

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