CVE-2026-46579 PUBLISHED

Openshift/router: openshift/router: mtls client certificate spoofing via unstripped x-ssl-client headers on http frontend

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 28.05.2026 Published: 29.05.2026 Updated: 29.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.4

Product Status

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

Credits

  • This issue was discovered by Ricardo Pchevuzinske Katz (Red Hat).

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Authentication CWE