# CVE-2022-3260: Security feature bypass in Openshift

> Missing X-FRAME-OPTIONS header in OpenShift allows attackers to perform clickjacking attacks against users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v9rj-m949-r3xx

## What is CVE-2022-3260?

CVE-2022-3260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift, published on 8 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The response header has not enabled X-FRAME-OPTIONS, Which helps prevents against Clickjacking attack.. Some browsers would interpret these results incorrectly, allowing clickjacking attacks.

Weakness: CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3260?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openshift.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3260?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3260 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3260 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift

- [CVE-2014-3496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3496/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-0234](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0234/): Hardcoded credentials in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-2060](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2060/): Command injection in OpenShift Origin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-4561](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4561/): Path traversal in openshift-origin-msg-node-mcollective (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2014-0163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0163/): Command injection in Openshift (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3260 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift, published on 8 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3260 exists.

Affected product: Redhat Openshift. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3260/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3260/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3260
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3260
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3260

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3260/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.