Red Hat OpenShift Console DevConsole Auth SSRF via Webhook Helpers
CVE-2026-50236 Published on August 11, 2026
Openshift/console: authenticated ssrf with full response reflection and path neutralization via dev console webhook helpers in openshift console
An authenticated SSRF flaw was found in the OpenShift Console Dev Console webhook helpers. User-supplied target URLs are fetched server-side without validation, with path neutralization enabling arbitrary endpoint targeting and full response reflection from the console pod's privileged network position.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-50236 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be low. considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 104 days later.
Weakness Type
What is a SSRF Vulnerability?
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. By providing URLs to unexpected hosts or ports, attackers can make it appear that the server is sending the request, possibly bypassing access controls such as firewalls that prevent the attackers from accessing the URLs directly. The server can be used as a proxy to conduct port scanning of hosts in internal networks, use other URLs such as that can access documents on the system (using file://), or use other protocols such as gopher:// or tftp://, which may provide greater control over the contents of requests.
CVE-2026-50236 has been classified to as a SSRF vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-50236
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