CVE-2026-16242 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 20.07.2026 Published: 20.07.2026 Updated: 20.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
Versions Default: unaffected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product OpenShift API for Data Protection
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product OpenShift API for Data Protection
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Versions Default: affected

Workarounds

Until an update that configures Konnectivity agent authentication is applied, restrict network access to the Konnectivity cluster (agent) endpoint so that only trusted worker networks can reach it. For NodePort or LoadBalancer publishing, limit ingress to port 8091 to worker node subnet ranges. For Route-based publishing, restrict access to the Konnectivity route to trusted networks where possible. These controls reduce the chance that an unauthenticated attacker can reach the agent listener; they do not replace proper agent client-certificate (or token) authentication.

Credits

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

References

Problem Types

  • Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE