Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting openshift package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENSHIFT-12430405
  • published2 Sept 2025
  • disclosed12 Aug 2025

Introduced: 12 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-5187  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-306  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 openshift.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openshift package and not the openshift package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability exists in the NodeRestriction admission controller in Kubernetes clusters where node users can delete their corresponding node object by patching themselves with an OwnerReference to a cluster-scoped resource. If the OwnerReference resource does not exist or is subsequently deleted, the given node object will be deleted via garbage collection.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1