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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2021-4125 json

It was found that the original fix for log4j CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 in the OpenShift metering hive containers was incomplete, as…

published 2022-08-24 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-33999

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was found that the original fix for log4j CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 in the OpenShift metering hive containers was incomplete, as not all JndiLookup.class files were removed. This CVE only applies to the OpenShift Metering hive container images, shipped in OpenShift 4.8, 4.7 and 4.6.

Patch / fix

  • redhat openshift 4.6.52, 4.7.40, 4.8.24

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-4125 updated cvss 8.1

kube-reporting/hive: Incomplete fix for log4j CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 openshift4/ose-metering-hive v4.6.0-202112160147.p0.gf139e12.assembly.stream
    fixed: vendor fix “Please follow the Mitigation advice for the original CVEs.” RHSA-2021:5186
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7 openshift4/ose-metering-hive v4.7.0-202112160422.p0.g6a2b6aa.assembly.4.7.40
    fixed: vendor fix “Please follow the Mitigation advice for the original CVEs.” RHSA-2021:5184
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 openshift4/ose-metering-hive v4.8.0-202112160147.p0.g5672016.assembly.stream
    fixed: vendor fix “Please follow the Mitigation advice for the original CVEs.” RHSA-2021:5183
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 openshift4/ose-metering-ansible-operator v4.6.0-202112161349.p0.gd74112d.assembly.art3595, openshift4/ose-metering-ansible-operator-bundle v4.6.0.202112161349.p0.gd74112d.assembly.art3595-1 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7 openshift4/ose-metering-ansible-operator v4.7.0-202112160422.p0.g3959be4.assembly.4.7.40, openshift4/ose-metering-ansible-operator-bundle v4.7.0.202112160422.p0.g3959be4.assembly.4.7.40-1 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 openshift4/ose-metering-ansible-operator v4.8.0-202112161229.p0.g0d7ecfb.assembly.art3599, openshift4/ose-metering-ansible-operator-bundle v4.8.0.202112161229.p0.g0d7ecfb.assembly.art3599-1
    not affected: vulnerable code not present “Please follow the Mitigation advice for the original CVEs.”

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Exploit prediction

1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a kube-reporting/hive

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.