CVE-2026-54100
Windows-machine-config-operator: windows-machine-config-operator: ssh host key not verified enables credential theft
A flaw was found in the Windows Machine Config Operator (WMCO) for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. WMCO establishes SSH connections to Windows worker nodes without verifying the remote server host key. An adjacent-network attacker who can intercept or redirect WMCO's SSH session can capture WICD and kubelet bootstrap credentials transferred during node configuration, enabling compromise of Windows node identities in the cluster.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.3
Windows-machine-config-operator: windows-machine-config-operator: ssh host key not verified enables credential theft
A flaw was found in the Windows Machine Config Operator (WMCO) for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. WMCO establishes SSH connections to Windows worker nodes without verifying the remote server host key. An adjacent-network attacker who can intercept or redirect WMCO's SSH session can capture WICD and kubelet bootstrap credentials transferred during node configuration, enabling compromise of Windows node identities in the cluster.
- Record
CVE-2026-54100- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-295, CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-38234
8.3
A flaw was found in the Windows Machine Config Operator (WMCO) for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. WMCO establishes SSH connections to Windows worker nodes without verifying the remote server host key. An adjacent-network attacker who can intercept or redirect WMCO's SSH session can capture WICD and kubelet bootstrap credentials transferred during node configuration, enabling compromise of Windows node identities in the cluster.
- Record
EUVD-2026-38234- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q3jf-4x8j-368q
8.3
A flaw was found in the Windows Machine Config Operator (WMCO) for Red Hat OpenShift Container...
A flaw was found in the Windows Machine Config Operator (WMCO) for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. WMCO establishes SSH connections to Windows worker nodes without verifying the remote server host key. An adjacent-network attacker who can intercept or redirect WMCO's SSH session can capture WICD and kubelet bootstrap credentials transferred during node configuration, enabling compromise of Windows node identities in the cluster.
- Record
GHSA-q3jf-4x8j-368q- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.3
A flaw was found in the Windows Machine Config Operator (WMCO) for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. WMCO establishes SSH connections to Windows worker nodes without verifying the remote server host key. An adjacent-network attacker who can intercept or redirect WMCO's SSH session can capture WICD and kubelet bootstrap credentials transferred during node configuration, enabling compromise of Windows node identities in the cluster.
- Record
CVE-2026-54100- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-54100 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.3) in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published June 22, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47173
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61780
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:81397
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82440
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54100
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487953
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-54100.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54100
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q3jf-4x8j-368q