GHSA-qqv8-ph7f-h3f7 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.1) CWE-250 vulnerability in github.com/openshift/builder. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
OpenShift Builder has a path traversal, allows command injection in privileged BuildContainer
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-qqv8-ph7f-h3f7.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-qqv8-ph7f-h3f7 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,567 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
github.com/openshift/builderReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A flaw was found in openshift/builder. This vulnerability allows command injection via path traversal, where a malicious user can execute arbitrary commands on the OpenShift node running the builder container. When using the "Docker" strategy, executable files inside the privileged build container can be overridden using the spec.source.secrets.secret.destinationDir attribute of the BuildConfig definition. An attacker running code in a privileged container could escalate their permissions on the node running the container.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/openshift/builder | all versions | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/openshift/builder, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of github.com/openshift/builder has shipped for GHSA-qqv8-ph7f-h3f7 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-qqv8-ph7f-h3f7 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-qqv8-ph7f-h3f7. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
In all versions of OpenShift, the "Custom" build strategy gives developers permission to run arbitrary commands in a privileged container. This is disabled by default, and documentation explicitly warns that this should only be enabled for highly trusted users (eg: cluster admins). We therefore do not consider this…
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | openshift4/ose-docker-builder:v4.12.0-202409121032.p1.g609473f.assembly.stream.el8 | RHSA-2024:6705 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 | openshift4/ose-docker-builder:v4.13.0-202409120505.p1.g2c7e99d.assembly.stream.el8 | RHSA-2024:6691 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | openshift4/ose-docker-builder:v4.14.0-202409111409.p1.g52565ca.assembly.stream.el8 | RHSA-2024:6689 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | openshift4/ose-docker-builder:v4.15.0-202409101936.p1.ge7749a3.assembly.stream.el8 | RHSA-2024:6685 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | openshift4/ose-docker-builder-rhel9:v4.16.0-202409101737.p1.gfee4b58.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2024:6687 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 | openshift4/ose-docker-builder-rhel9:v4.17.0-202409122005.p1.gcfcf3bd.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2024:3718 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | openshift4/aws-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g088dcaf.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2024:6122 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-qqv8-ph7f-h3f7 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-qqv8-ph7f-h3f7 across Go dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.