High severity · published May 29, 2026
CVE-2026-46579
Openshift/router: openshift/router: mtls client certificate spoofing via unstripped x-ssl-client headers on http frontend
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the OpenShift Router. When a Route has `insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy` set to Allow, the HTTP frontend does not remove `X-SSL-Client-*` headers from incoming requests. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to send plain HTTP requests with crafted `X-SSL-Client-*` headers. As a result, backends relying on these headers for mutual TLS (Transport Layer Security) authentication can be bypassed, enabling the attacker to impersonate client certificate identities.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor, CISA
OC
Openshift Container Platform · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46579
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46579
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27009
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27044
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27063
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37580
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40022
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40828
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