Red Hat Cryostat 4 HTTP API authentication by alternate name

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Cryostat 4. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HTTP API. The manipulation leads to authentication by alternate name. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-8415. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Cryostat 4. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component HTTP API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication by alternate name vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-289. The product performs authentication based on the name of a resource being accessed, or the name of the actor performing the access, but it does not properly check all possible names for that resource or actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability was found in the Cryostat HTTP API. Cryostat's HTTP API binds to all network interfaces, allowing possible external visibility and access to the API port if Network Policies are disabled, allowing an unauthenticated, malicious attacker to jeopardize the environment.

It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-8415 since 07/31/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/24/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-25390). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Red Hat

Name

• Cryostat

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• 4

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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