RHSA-2022:1823 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_auth_openidc:2.3 security update

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · May 10, 2022

Updated · November 22, 2025

Topic

An update for the mod_auth_openidc:2.3 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Connect authentication module for Apache HTTP Server. It enables an Apache HTTP Server to operate as an OpenID Connect Relying Party and/or OAuth 2.0 Resource Server.

Security Fix(es):

  • mod_auth_openidc: open redirect in oidc_validate_redirect_url() (CVE-2021-32786)

  • mod_auth_openidc: hardcoded static IV and AAD with a reused key in AES GCM encryption (CVE-2021-32791)

  • mod_auth_openidc: XSS when using OIDCPreservePost On (CVE-2021-32792)

  • mod_auth_openidc: open redirect due to target_link_uri parameter not validated (CVE-2021-39191)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2022:1823 — Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_auth_openidc:2.3 security update | PulseLinux