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TI-2020-11207 Aliases CVE-2020-14336GHSA-qr9q-882c-gv4j

Resource allocation without limits in Openshift

Priority LOW 31CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

A flaw was found in the Restricted Security Context Constraints (SCC), where it allows pods to craft custom network packets. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack on an OpenShift Container Platform cluster if they can deploy pods. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0093 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—OpenshiftRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.16—No fix listedCNA
  • Openshift Vendor— Affected Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.16 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.11VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.16VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.11 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.16 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:4298 Released 2020-10-27 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.1 image security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 openshift4/ose-ansible-operator, openshift4/ose-aws-machine-controllers, openshift4/ose-azure-machine-controllers +47
  • RHSA-2020:4320 Released 2020-10-26 · Red Hat rating Low
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.16 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 openshift4/ose-machine-config-operator

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5Fixed RHSA-2020:4320
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6Fixed RHSA-2020:4298
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-14336
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qr9q-882c-gv4j

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-34021 Linux kernel skb coalescing drops shared-frag marker KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-23989 crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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