Resource exhaustion in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 packages

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU105450

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-27144

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing JWS and JWE input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

skopeo (Red Hat package): before 1.16.1-1.rhaos4.17.el8

podman (Red Hat package): before 5.2.2-4.rhaos4.17.el8

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform: before 4.17.22

libreswan (Red Hat package): before 5.2-1.el9fdp

kernel (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-427.61.1.el9_4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:skopeo_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:podman_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:libreswan_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:kernel_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3061

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.