# CVE-2022-4039: Rhsso-container-image: unsecured management interface exposed to adjecent network

> Attackers can exploit an unsecured management interface in Red Hat SSO containers to deploy malicious code and modify sensitive configuration data.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7g6j-5xq2-wgqv

## What is CVE-2022-4039?

CVE-2022-4039 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 22 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in Red Hat Single Sign-On for OpenShift container images, which are configured with an unsecured management interface enabled. This flaw allows an attacker to use this interface to deploy malicious code and access and modify potentially sensitive information in the app server configuration.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4039?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Redhat Openshift Container Platform, Redhat Openshift Container Platform for Ibm Z, Redhat Openshift Container Platform for Linuxone, Redhat Openshift Container Platform for Power, Redhat Single Sign-On.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4039?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4039 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4039 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform

- [CVE-2020-27836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27836/): Missing authorization in cluster-ingress-operator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1085/): Misconfiguration in openshift-ansible (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-54099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-54099/): Privilege escalation in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-1784](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1784/): Ose-cluster-ingress-operator: remote code execution through haproxy configuration injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-20182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20182/): Privilege escalation in openshift (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4039 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4039 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 22 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4039 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Openshift Container Platform. 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-2022-4039/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4039/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4039
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4039
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4039

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4039/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.