๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-16242

CRITICAL 9.4

Hypershift: konnectivity proxy-server accepts agent connections without validating client certificates

CVSS Score
9.4
EPSS Score
0.4%
EPSS Percentile
29th

A flaw was found in the Konnectivity proxy-server configuration for hosted control planes. The agent-facing listener was started without --cluster-ca-cert (and without token-based agent authentication), so client certificates were not validated. A remote attacker who can reach the Konnectivity cluster endpoint could connect as an unauthenticated agent, join the routing pool, and potentially proxy, inspect, modify, or drop control-plane-to-node traffic.

CWE CWE-306
Vendor red hat
Product logging subsystem for red hat openshift
Published Jul 20, 2026
Last Updated Jul 20, 2026
Stay Ahead of the Next One

Get instant alerts for red hat logging subsystem for red hat openshift

Be the first to know when new critical vulnerabilities affecting red hat logging subsystem for red hat openshift are published โ€” delivered to Slack, Telegram or Discord.

Get Free Alerts โ†’ Free ยท No credit card ยท 60 sec setup

CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
All versions affected
Red Hat / Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
All versions affected
Red Hat / Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
All versions affected
Red Hat / Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
All versions affected
Red Hat / Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
All versions affected
Red Hat / Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
All versions affected
Red Hat / OpenShift API for Data Protection
All versions affected
Red Hat / OpenShift API for Data Protection
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16242 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502690 github.com: https://github.com/openshift/hypershift/pull/9031

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Microsoft Security Research (MSRC) (Microsoft) for reporting this issue.