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CVE-2021-4294

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CVE-2021-4294 is a problematic timing discrepancy vulnerability in OpenShift OSIN, specifically within the ClientSecretMatches/CheckClientSecret function, affecting Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to potentially infer sensitive information due to observable timing differences when manipulating the 'secret' argument, though it requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_osin:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_osin:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.6LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 9th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/openshift/osinFixed in: 1.0.2-0.20210113124101-8612686d6dda
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12Fixed in: openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel8:v4.12.0-202405091536.p0.g0c434f4.assembly.stream.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13Fixed in: openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel8:v4.13.0-202404200313.p0.geb54be2.assembly.stream.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14Fixed in: openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel8:v4.14.0-202310201027.p0.g37df9ff.assembly.stream
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Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-m7qp-cj9p-gj85medium

OpenShift OSIN vulnerable to Observable Timing Discrepancy

Dec 28, 2022
redhatCVE-2021-4294Moderate

osin: manipulation of the argument secret leads to observable timing discrepancy

Dec 28, 2022

References

github.com / openshift/osin/commit/8612686d6dda34ae9ef6b5a974e4b7accb4fea29
Patch
github.com / openshift/osin/pull/200
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