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RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.2 (RHSA-2025:1908)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 311877
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.2.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:1908 advisory.- cri-o: Checkpoint restore can be triggered from different namespaces (CVE-2024-8676)
- podman: buildah: Container breakout by using --jobs=2 and a race condition when building a malicious Containerfile (CVE-2024-11218)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHCOS OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.2 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:1908.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2326231
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 311877
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2025-1908.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/4/2026
Updated: 5/4/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.1
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-11218
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Threat Score: 6.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8676
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-o, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos
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: 3/4/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-11218, CVE-2024-8676