# CVE-2026-49329: Openshift/oauth-server: openshift/oauth-server: quadratic-time dos via accept-language header underscore bypass on unauthenticated login endpoints

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-01 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel8: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift5/ose-oauth-server-rhel9: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel8, openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel9, openshift5/ose-oauth-server-rhel9, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74380
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74383
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74429
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74434
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:79039
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82785
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82813
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89715
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49329
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483248

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