CVE-2025-5198: Stackrox: xss in stackrox

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-05-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A flaw was found in Stackrox, where it is vulnerable to Cross-site scripting (XSS) if the script code is included in a small subset of table cells. The only known potential exploit is if the script is included in the name of a Kubernetes “Role” object* that is applied to a secured cluster. This object can be used by a user with access to the cluster or through a compromised third-party product.

Affected products

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes: 4.0
Stackrox: all versions

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5198
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368568
https://github.com/stackrox/stackrox/pull/13336

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