CVE-2026-16242
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-306
Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Publication date:
20/07/2026
Last modified:
02/08/2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Konnectivity proxy-server configuration for hosted control planes. The agent-facing listener was started without --cluster-ca-cert (and without token-based agent authentication), so client certificates were not validated. A remote attacker who can reach the Konnectivity cluster endpoint could connect as an unauthenticated agent, join the routing pool, and potentially proxy, inspect, modify, or drop control-plane-to-node traffic.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
9.40
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46885
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47388
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47735
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47949
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47953
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47974
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48284
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16242
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502690
- https://github.com/openshift/hypershift/pull/9031



