Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform oauth-server golang.org/x/text/language.ParseAcceptLanguage Accept-Language resource consumption

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. Affected is the function golang.org/x/text/language.ParseAcceptLanguage of the component oauth-server. Executing a manipulation of the argument Accept-Language can lead to resource consumption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-49329. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function golang.org/x/text/language.ParseAcceptLanguage of the component oauth-server. The manipulation of the argument Accept-Language with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in openshift/oauth-server. The OAuth login and error page endpoints pass the unauthenticated Accept-Language header to golang.org/x/text/language.ParseAcceptLanguage() without input validation. A bypass of the CVE-2022-32149 mitigation exists: the upstream guard counts only '-' characters but the internal BCP 47 scanner aliases '_' to '-' after the guard check. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted Accept-Language header using '_' separators to trigger quadratic-time parsing, consuming excessive CPU and denying authentication to all cluster users.

The advisory is available at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-49329 since 05/29/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

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• Virtualization Software

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• Red Hat

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• OpenShift Container Platform

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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