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.
History

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First Time appeared Redhat openshift Container Platform
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Container Platform

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title Openshift/router: openshift/router: mtls client certificate spoofing via unstripped x-ssl-client headers on http frontend
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-287
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-29T13:17:06.236Z

Reserved: 2026-05-28T06:07:06.526Z

Link: CVE-2026-46579

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T13:17:00.811Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-29T11:16:17.050

Modified: 2026-05-29T14:06:47.240

Link: CVE-2026-46579

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T15:47:10Z