What is CVE-2026-46579?

CVE-2026-46579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2026-46579?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4

CVE-2026-46579

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 pla…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.000 (14.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-46579?: CVE-2026-46579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2026-46579?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.