Red Hat Products Multiple Vulnerabilities Allow Admin Privilege Escalation
Summary
CERT-Bund issued security advisory WID-SEC-2026-1033 warning of multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat products including Ansible Automation Platform, Enterprise Linux, OpenShift, and Process Automation Manager. Local attackers can exploit these flaws to gain administrator privileges. CVSS base score is 6.4 (medium) with temporal score of 5.9. No remote attack vector exists.
What changed
CERT-Bund published a security advisory detailing multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat products that enable local attackers to escalate privileges to administrator level. Affected products include Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Enterprise Linux Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes, Web Terminal, OpenShift Update Service, and Process Automation Manager. The vulnerabilities carry a CVSS base score of 6.4 (medium) and temporal score of 5.9. No remote attack capability exists.
Organizations running these Red Hat products should prioritize vulnerability assessments and patch deployment. System administrators should monitor CERT-Bund for updated mitigation guidance and ensure affected systems receive security updates to prevent privilege escalation attacks by local users.
What to do next
- Assess exposure of affected Red Hat products in your environment
- Apply available security patches and updates
- Monitor for further CERT-Bund advisories on this vulnerability
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[WID-SEC-2026-1033] Verschiedene Red Hat Produkte: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Erlangen von Administratorrechten CVSS Base Score 6.4 (mittel) CVSS Temporal Score 5.9 (mittel) Remoteangriff nein Datum 08.04.2026 Stand 09.04.2026 Mitigation nein
Betroffene Systeme
Betriebssystem
- Sonstiges
- UNIX
Produktbeschreibung
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform ist eine End-to-End-Automatisierungsplattform für die Systemkonfiguration, die Softwarebereitstellung und die Orchestrierung erweiterter Workflows.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution.
Red Hat OpenShift ist eine "Platform as a Service" (PaaS) Lösung zur Bereitstellung von Applikationen in der Cloud.
Red Hat Process Automation Manager ist eine Plattform zur Entwicklung von containerisierten Microservices und Anwendungen, die Geschäftsentscheidungen und -prozesse automatisieren.
Produkte
08.04.2026
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Web Terminal
Red Hat OpenShift Update Service
Red Hat Process Automation Manager
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Angriff
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in mehreren Red Hat-Produkten ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen. CVE Informationen Versionshistorie Feedback zum Advisory geben
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