Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation
WID-SEC-2026-1680 · first 27.05.2026 · updated 17.06.2026 · CVSS 9,9
What it is about
Red Hat OpenShift ist eine "Platform as a Service" (PaaS) Lösung zur Bereitstellung von Applikationen in der Cloud. Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network, but only with valid access (login required), for example with stolen credentials or as an insider.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- seine Privilegien zu erhöhen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- SUSE Linux
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.21
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.18
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.17
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.19
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.20
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.16
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.12
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.13
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.14
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.15
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.
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
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20720 vom 2026-05-26 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20736 vom 2026-05-26 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20763 vom 2026-05-26 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20767 vom 2026-05-26 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20782 vom 2026-05-26 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20975 vom 2026-05-26 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 2463728 vom 2026-05-26 bugzilla.redhat.com
- Red Hat Customer Portal CVE-2026-7374 vom 2026-05-26 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20825 vom 2026-05-27 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20866 vom 2026-05-27 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20886 vom 2026-05-27 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:20890 vom 2026-05-27 access.redhat.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:2401-1 vom 2026-06-15 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:2400-1 vom 2026-06-15 lists.suse.com
CVE: CVE-2026-7374
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.