RHSA-2026:44262HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.21.26 bug fix and security update

Published
July 28, 2026
Last Modified
August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2026-43329 →CVE-2026-46323 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-43329 — kernel: netfilter: flowtable: strictly check for maximum number of actions CVE-2026-46323 — kernel: Linux kernel: Use-After-Free in net/gro due to improper handling of zerocopy skbs

🎯 Affected products5

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21
  • rhcos-aarch64-4.21.9.6.202607221317-0 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21
  • rhcos-ppc64le-4.21.9.6.202607221317-0 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21
  • rhcos-s390x-4.21.9.6.202607221317-0 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21
  • rhcos-x86_64-4.21.9.6.202607221317-0 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21

✅ Remediation

For OpenShift Container Platform 4.21 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.21/html/release_notes/ You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags. The sha values for the release are as follows: (For x86_64 architecture) The image digest is sha256:683c4a4eed9c4005b7d331fe0e55b5f943b1d57f40f4d4b77f059f52ad127092 (For s390x architecture) The image digest is sha256:833db4fb867ab91de6d9ab729ea789dd63266d4c7f8f07d0f30db81dc7455ae2 (For ppc64le architecture) The image digest is sha256:ad63928ee4b665e025e06412fbda3052477b60883884d9d113e82d98f59232fa (For aarch64 architecture) The image digest is sha256:4e8106973e1d6196e9a28658cc11ad066f2cc9423bf2bc3d30bfd9f3058f2ee8 All OpenShift Container Platform 4.21 users are advised to upgrade to theseupdated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.21/html-single/updating_clusters/index# pdating-cluster-cli. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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