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RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.19.1 (RHSA-2025:9279)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 311507
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.19.1.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:9279 advisory.- net/http: Request smuggling due to acceptance of invalid chunked data in net/http (CVE-2025-22871)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHCOS OpenShift Container Platform 4.19.1 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:9279.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2358493
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 311507
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2025-9279.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/2/2026
Updated: 5/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.4
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22871
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients-redistributable, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-o
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-22871