A flaw was found in the OpenShift Router. When a Route has `insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy` set to Allow, the HTTP frontend does not remove `X-SSL-Client-*` headers from incoming requests. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to send plain HTTP requests with crafted `X-SSL-Client-*` headers. As a result, backends relying on these headers for mutual TLS (Transport Layer Security) authentication can be bypassed, enabling the attacker to impersonate client certificate identities.
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_router:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
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Information
Published : 2026-05-29 11:16
Updated : 2026-07-30 17:16
NVD link : CVE-2026-46579
Mitre link : CVE-2026-46579
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-46579
JSON object : View
Products Affected
redhat
- openshift_router
- openshift_container_platform
CWE
