RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.23 (RHSA-2024:2054)

low Nessus Plugin ID 311925

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.23.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2054 advisory.

- kubernetes: kube-apiserver: bypassing mountable secrets policy imposed by the ServiceAccount admission plugin (CVE-2024-3177)

- jose-go: improper handling of highly compressed data (CVE-2024-28180)

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 4.14.23 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:2054.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2268854

http://www.nessus.org/u?17cfca31

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2054

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 311925

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2024-2054.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

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: Low

Score: 2.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.7

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, 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: 5/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28180, CVE-2024-3177

CWE: 213, 409

RHSA: 2024:2054