Improper input validation in OpenShift
Priority LOW 35CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
The release of OpenShift 4.9.6 included four CVE fixes for the haproxy package, however the patch for CVE-2021-39242 was missing. This issue only affects Red Hat OpenShift 4.9.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00934 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | OpenShift | OpenShift 4.9 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- OpenShift Vendor— Affected OpenShift 4.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2021:5002 Released 2021-12-13 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 4.9.11 security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 haproxy-2.2.15-3.el8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2021:5002 |
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9
- Red Hat Software Collections
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-4047
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v3g6-gh83-x752
References
More Red Hat Openshift vulnerabilities
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- 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
Sources
- CVE-2021-4047 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-4047 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v3g6-gh83-x752 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-4047 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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