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TI-2016-06082 Aliases CVE-2016-7075GHSA-7w66-j2r2-vm3p

Improper certificate validation in Red Hat OpenShift

Priority LOW 38CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

It was found that Kubernetes as used by Openshift Enterprise 3 did not correctly validate X.509 client intermediate certificate host name fields. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass authentication requirements by using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01568 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatOpenShiftall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • OpenShift VendorRed Hat Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableKubernetes
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*3.1VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*3.2VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*3.3VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Kubernetes
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 3.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 3.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2016:2064 Released 2016-10-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    atomic-openshift security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 atomic-openshift-3.2.1.17-1.git.0.6d01b60.el7, atomic-openshift-clients-3.2.1.17-1.git.0.6d01b60.el7, atomic-openshift-clients-redistributable-3.2.1.17-1.git.0.6d01b60.el7 +8
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3 atomic-openshift-3.3.0.35-1.git.0.d7bd9b6.el7, atomic-openshift-clients-3.3.0.35-1.git.0.d7bd9b6.el7, atomic-openshift-clients-redistributable-3.3.0.35-1.git.0.d7bd9b6.el7 +7
    • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 atomic-openshift-3.1.1.8-1.git.0.d469026.el7aos, atomic-openshift-clients-3.1.1.8-1.git.0.d469026.el7aos, atomic-openshift-clients-redistributable-3.1.1.8-1.git.0.d469026.el7aos +7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed RHSA-2016:2064
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed RHSA-2016:2064
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed RHSA-2016:2064

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7075
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7w66-j2r2-vm3p

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-04472 The Fingerprints pages in Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 might allow remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-06239 Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x; BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.x; BRMS 6.x and 5.x; Data Grid (JDG) 6.x; Data… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-04061 runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2016-00709 Multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 allow… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-11209 Rsync: info leak via uninitialized stack contents CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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