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Kiali für Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh (Axios, Go, Follow-redirects): Mehrere Schwachstellen

WID-SEC-2026-1513 · first 13.05.2026 · updated 21.10.2026 · CVSS 8,2

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What it is about

Red Hat OpenShift ist eine "Platform as a Service" (PaaS) Lösung zur Bereitstellung von Applikationen in der Cloud. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Kiali für Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh ausnutzen, um erweiterte Privilegien zu erlangen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.

Under what conditions?

Over the network and without logging in. This is the most dangerous combination: attackers can scan reachable devices automatically.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • erweiterte Privilegien zu erlangen
  • Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen
  • Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • IBM DataPower Gateway
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • IBM MQ Operator
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Cluster Security
  • IBM Business Automation Workflow
  • Red Hat OpenShift Kiali 2.4.16 Service Mesh 3.0
  • Red Hat OpenShift Kiali 2.17.7 Service Mesh 3.2
  • Red Hat OpenShift Kiali 2.22.3 Service Mesh 3.3
  • Red Hat OpenShift Kiali 2.11.10 Service Mesh 3.1
  • Red Hat OpenShift Network Observability 1.11.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

and 9 more

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.28.0
  • IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.3 FP2
  • IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 FP3

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

and 48 more sources in the original advisory

CVE: CVE-2026-42033, CVE-2026-42035, CVE-2026-42039, CVE-2026-42041, CVE-2026-42043, CVE-2026-42044, CVE-2026-32280, CVE-2026-40895

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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