Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-2403 · published 1 September 2022
CVE-2022-2403: Redhat openshift exposure of resource to wrong sphere vulnerability
Redhat · Openshift
A credentials leak was found in the OpenShift Container Platform. The private key for the external cluster certificate was stored incorrectly in the oauth-serving-cert ConfigMaps, and accessible to any authenticated OpenShift user or service-account. A malicious user could exploit this flaw by reading the oauth-serving-cert ConfigMap in the openshift-config-managed namespace, compromising any web traffic secured using that certificate.
Description
A credentials leak was found in the OpenShift Container Platform. The private key for the external cluster certificate was stored incorrectly in the oauth-serving-cert ConfigMaps, and accessible to any authenticated OpenShift user or service-account. A malicious user could exploit this flaw by reading the oauth-serving-cert ConfigMap in the openshift-config-managed namespace, compromising any web traffic secured using that certificate.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2403 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2101959 | Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2403 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2101959 | Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-2403), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.