CVE-2022-2403: High severity red hat openshift vulnerability

Published Jun 28, 2022
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Updated

A credentials leak was found in the OpenShift Container Platform. The private key for the external cluster certificate was stored incorrectly in the oauth-serving-cert ConfigMaps, and accessible to any authenticated OpenShift user or service-account. A malicious user could exploit this flaw by reading the oauth-serving-cert ConfigMap in the openshift-config-managed namespace, compromising any web traffic secured using that certificate.

Other sources

A credentials leak was found in the OpenShift Container Platform. The private key for the external cluster certificate was stored incorrectly in the oauth-serving-cert ConfigMaps, and accessible to any authenticated OpenShift user or service-account. This flaw allows a malicious user to read the oauth-serving-cert ConfigMap in the openshift-config-managed namespace, compromising any web traffic secured using that certificate.

the oauth-serving-cert configmap in openshift-config-managed and openshift-console projects contains the private key of the cluster external certificate

Red Hat

Affected Software

1 affected component
redhat Openshift>=4.9

Remediation

Information

Removal of the private key from the ConfigMap, or modification of the RBAC permissions is not a sufficient mitigation on its own, as these will both be restored by the authentication-operator. This flaw can be mitigated by deploying a custom webhook which filters out the private key from the target ConfigMap, preventing it from being restored by the authentication-operator. An example of this can be found here: https://github.com/sfowl/configmap-cleaner After upgrading to a fixed version of OpenShift or applying the mitigation, all ingress certificates should be rotated: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.10/security/certificates/replacing-default-ingress-certificate.html#replacing-default-ingress

Event History

Jun 28, 2022
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Data Sourced
12:00 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·10:14 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Sep 1, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:28 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:28 PM
DescriptionWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2022-2403?

The severity of CVE-2022-2403 is high with a severity value of 7.7.

2

How can a malicious user exploit CVE-2022-2403?

A malicious user can exploit CVE-2022-2403 by reading the incorrectly stored private key for the external cluster certificate.

3

What is the affected software for CVE-2022-2403?

The affected software for CVE-2022-2403 is Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.9 and later.

4

How can I fix CVE-2022-2403?

To fix CVE-2022-2403, update to the latest version of the OpenShift Container Platform and follow the guidance provided by Red Hat.

5

Are there any references available for CVE-2022-2403?

Yes, you can find references for CVE-2022-2403 at the following links: [link1](https://github.com/openshift/cluster-authentication-operator/pull/573), [link2](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5664), [link3](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2107027).

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