Windows Machine Config Operator approves CSRs for all nodes trying to join a cluster with WMCO installed. This fails here: https://github.com/openshift/windows-machine-config-operator/blob/fbe9551005ca0f192c5cbc57e7ab781313dfc827/pkg/csr/csr.go#L84 validateCSRContents can return false without setting an error. This was introduced in https://github.com/openshift/windows-machine-config-operator/commit/2a00c3129f810cc840b1fd2adcf3e7c6bf303ac9 before this commit, only !valid was checked.
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 Via RHSA-2024:0954 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0954