# CVE-2025-14443: openshift-apiserver: SSRF via Missing IP/Network-Range Validation in User-Supplied Image References

> Attackers can exploit missing IP validation in image imports to enumerate internal networks, disclose information, or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gxvv-45f6-3ch8, GO-2026-4578

## What is CVE-2025-14443?

CVE-2025-14443 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, published on 16 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in ose-openshift-apiserver. This vulnerability allows internal network enumeration, service discovery, limited information disclosure, and potential denial-of-service (DoS) through Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) due to missing IP address and network-range validation when processing user-supplied image references.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14443?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver` | Go | All versions | None |
| `github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver` | Go | All versions | None |
| `github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver` | Go | All versions | None |
| `github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver` | Go | All versions to 0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20260130163947-0eb84cd66658 | None |
| `github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver` | Go | All versions to 0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20260130163947-0eb84cd66658 | None |

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14443?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-14443 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14443 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14443 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14443 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, published on 16 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14443 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver (Go): affected all versions; no fix listed
- github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver (Go): affected all versions; no fix listed
- github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver (Go): affected all versions; no fix listed
- github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver (Go): affected all versions up to 0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20260130163947-0eb84cd66658; no fix listed
- github.com/openshift/openshift-apiserver (Go): affected all versions up to 0.0.0-alpha.0.0.20260130163947-0eb84cd66658; no fix listed

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-2025-14443/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14443/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14443
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14443
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14443

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14443/
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