Medium [CVE-2024-6538] Openshift-console: openshift console: server-side request forgery
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2024-6538 affecting Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.
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Summary
A flaw was found in OpenShift Console. A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack can happen if an attacker supplies all or part of a URL to the server to query.
The server is considered to be in a privileged network position and can often reach exposed services that aren't readily available to clients due to network filtering. Leveraging such an attack vector, the attacker can have an impact on other services and potentially disclose information or have other nefarious effects on the system.
The full response to these requests is returned by the endpoint. While the name of this endpoint suggests the requests are only bound to the internet, no such checks are in place.
An authenticated user can therefore ask the console to perform arbitrary HTTP requests from outside the cluster to a service inside the cluster. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
Weakness: CWE-918. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.
Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2025:8556, RHSA-2025:8280, RHSA-2025:7863, RHSA-2025:19058, RHSA-2025:14397.
Is CVE-2024-6538 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2024-6538 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6538?
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:
- openshift4/ose-console-rhel9:v4.16.0-202506020836.p0.g94ae640.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-console-rhel9:v4.17.0-202505280435.p0.gf9c412e.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-console-rhel9:v4.18.0-202505150334.p0.g75bc164.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-console:openshift-enterprise-console-container-v4.14.0-202510211320.p2.g0682746.assembly.stream.el8
- openshift4/ose-console:openshift-enterprise-console-container-v4.15.0-202508180724.p2.g69615d5.assembly.stream.el8
- RHSA-2025:8556
- RHSA-2025:8280
- RHSA-2025:7863
- RHSA-2025:19058
- RHSA-2025:14397
Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 days ago·verify at source
- openshift4/ose-console-rhel9:v4.16.0-202506020836.p0.g94ae640.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-console-rhel9:v4.17.0-202505280435.p0.gf9c412e.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-console-rhel9:v4.18.0-202505150334.p0.g75bc164.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-console:openshift-enterprise-console-container-v4.14.0-202510211320.p2.g0682746.assembly.stream.el8
- openshift4/ose-console:openshift-enterprise-console-container-v4.15.0-202508180724.p2.g69615d5.assembly.stream.el8
- RHSA-2025:8556
- RHSA-2025:8280
- RHSA-2025:7863
- RHSA-2025:19058
- RHSA-2025:14397
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 days ago·verify at source
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