SSRF in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4
CVE-2026-50237
A Server-Side Request Forgery and supply chain flaw was found in the OpenShift Console Helm catalog proxy. A namespace tenant can plant a ProjectHelmChartRepository with an arbitrary URL that the console pod fetches server-side, bypassing tenant egress restrictions. Combined with catalog metadata poisoning and admin-mediated chart installation, this enables privilege escalation.
Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.002
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50237 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54602 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54770 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54583 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54555 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54545 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54206 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54188 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56789 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-50237?
- CVE-2026-50237 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-08-11.
- How severe is CVE-2026-50237?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.