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RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.22.15 (RHSA-2026:68550)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 348762
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.22.15.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:68550 advisory.- github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/baggage:
go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation: OpenTelemetry-Go: Denial of Service via oversized baggage headers (CVE-2026-41178)
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 4.22.15 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:68550.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68550
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 348762
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2026-68550.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/22/2026
Updated: 9/23/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.2
Percentile: 0.01
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41178
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-kube-apiserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-kube-controller-manager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-kube-scheduler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-kubelet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift
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: 9/22/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-41178
CWE: 770
RHSA: 2026:68550