Bug 2483181 (CVE-2026-46579) - CVE-2026-46579 openshift/router: openshift/router: mTLS client certificate spoofing via unstripped X-SSL-Client headers on HTTP frontend
Summary: CVE-2026-46579 openshift/router: openshift/router: mTLS client certificate sp...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46579
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-29 09:28 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-29 09:48 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-29 09:28:43 UTC
The OpenShift Router's HAProxy configuration template sets X-SSL-Client-* headers (DN, DER, NotAfter, NotBefore, SHA1, Subject) on the HTTPS frontends (fe_sni, fe_no_sni) using values from the actual TLS handshake. However, the HTTP frontend (fe_http) does not strip these headers from incoming requests. When a Route has insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy set to Allow, an attacker can send plain HTTP requests with forged X-SSL-Client-* headers that are forwarded to the backend unmodified. Backends that rely on these headers for mutual TLS authentication can be completely bypassed, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to impersonate any client certificate identity.


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