TI-2024-04678 Aliases CVE-2024-5037 GHSA-gc8r-pxj9-hhx3

Openshift/telemeter: iss check during jwt authentication can be bypassed

MEDIUM 40CWE-290Published 2024-06-05 · Updated 2026-04-30

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-290.

Summary

A flaw was found in OpenShift's Telemeter. If certain conditions are in place, an attacker can use a forged token to bypass the issue ("iss") check during JSON web token (JWT) authentication.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00807 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial telemeter: 4.17Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	telemeter	4.16 to before 4.17	4.17	Patch available	CNA
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12	—	v4.12.0-202408071159.p0.gc9592de.assembly.stream.el8	Patch available	CNA
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13	—	v4.13.0-202407081338.p0.g0634a6d.assembly.stream.el8	Patch available	CNA
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14	—	v4.14.0-202407021509.p0.g1f72681.assembly.stream.el8	Patch available	CNA
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15	—	v4.15.0-202406200537.p0.g14489f7.assembly.stream.el9	Patch available	CNA
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16	—	v4.16.0-202406200537.p0.gc1ecd10.assembly.stream.el9	Patch available	CNA
Red Hat	Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift	—	—	Not affected	CNA
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2	—	—	No fix listed	CNA
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3	—	—	No fix listed	CNA

telemeter Vendor— Affected 4.16 to before 4.17 Fixed in 4.17 Patch available CNA
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in v4.12.0-202408071159.p0.gc9592de.assembly.stream.el8 Patch available CNA
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in v4.13.0-202407081338.p0.g0634a6d.assembly.stream.el8 Patch available CNA
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in v4.14.0-202407021509.p0.g1f72681.assembly.stream.el8 Patch available CNA
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in v4.15.0-202406200537.p0.g14489f7.assembly.stream.el9 Patch available CNA
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in v4.16.0-202406200537.p0.gc1ecd10.assembly.stream.el9 Patch available CNA
Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:::::::*	4.0	Vulnerable	Red Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_distributed_tracing:2.0:::::::*	2.0	Vulnerable	Red Hat

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_distributed_tracing:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Fix · CNA telemeter Fixed in 4.17

Red Hat 5 advisories

RHSA-2024:5200 Released 2024-08-19 · Red Hat rating Important
OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.63 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 openshift4/ose-cloud-credential-operator, openshift4/ose-cluster-image-registry-operator, openshift4/ose-ibm-vpc-block-csi-driver-operator-rhel8 +4
RHSA-2024:4484 Released 2024-07-17 · Red Hat rating Important
OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.45 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openshift4/ose-aws-cloud-controller-manager-rhel8, openshift4/ose-olm-rukpak-rhel8, openshift4/ose-operator-lifecycle-manager +4
RHSA-2024:4329 Released 2024-07-11 · Red Hat rating Important
OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.32 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 openshift4/ose-azure-cluster-api-controllers-rhel8, openshift4/ose-cluster-capi-operator-container-rhel8, openshift4/ose-cluster-capi-rhel8-operator +3

Show 2 more Red Hat advisories

RHSA-2024:4156 Released 2024-07-03 · Red Hat rating Important
OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.1 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 openshift4/ose-console-rhel9, openshift4/ose-telemeter-rhel9
RHSA-2024:4151 Released 2024-07-02 · Red Hat rating Important
OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.20 security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 openshift4/ose-baremetal-installer-rhel8, openshift4/ose-installer, openshift4/ose-installer-artifacts +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12	Fixed	RHSA-2024:5200
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13	Fixed	RHSA-2024:4484
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14	Fixed	RHSA-2024:4329
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15	Fixed	RHSA-2024:4151
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16	Fixed	RHSA-2024:4156

Not affected: 6 products

Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5037
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gc8r-pxj9-hhx3

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123540

Advisory 7

Other 1

https://github.com/openshift/telemeter/blob/a9417a6062c3a31ed78c06ea3a0613a52f2029b2/pkg/authorize/jwt/client_authorizer.go#L78

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