OSDOCS-20313: Add 18.45 z-stream release notes

[JoeAldinger]

Summary

• Adds z-stream release notes for OpenShift 18.45 (advisory-only)
• Jira: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/OSDOCS-20313
• Shipment MR: https://gitlab.cee.redhat.com/hybrid-platforms/art/ocp-shipment-data/-/merge_requests/589 (open, not merged)
• ART Dashboard: https://art-dash.engineering.redhat.com/dashboard/release/openshift-4.18
• Errata: RHSA-2026:26997 (not yet published on access.redhat.com at draft time)
• Issued: 24 June 2026

Documented

• (none — advisory-only release)

Skipped (not documented)

Key	Reason
OCPBUGS-80210	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-80211	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-80213	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-80293	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-81803	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-86995	RN-NR
OCPBUGS-87830	RN-NR

Scope notes

• Shipment YAML keys: see skipped table
• All keys CVE/internal/RN-NR per workflow filters

Vale

• 0 errors on touched modules

Test plan

• Title and issued date match access.redhat.com after errata publishes
• Primary + RPM advisory links correct
• Vale clean on touched files

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[openshift-ci-robot]

@JoeAldinger: This pull request references OSDOCS-20313 which is a valid jira issue.

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Summary

• Adds z-stream release notes for OpenShift 18.45 (advisory-only)
• Jira: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/OSDOCS-20313
• Shipment MR: https://gitlab.cee.redhat.com/hybrid-platforms/art/ocp-shipment-data/-/merge_requests/589 (open, not merged)
• ART Dashboard: https://art-dash.engineering.redhat.com/dashboard/release/openshift-4.18
• Errata: RHSA-2026:26997 (not yet published on access.redhat.com at draft time)
• Issued: 24 June 2026

Documented

• (none — advisory-only release)

Skipped (not documented)

Key	Reason
OCPBUGS-80210	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-80211	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-80213	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-80293	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-81803	CVE-only / internal / RN-NR
OCPBUGS-86995	RN-NR
OCPBUGS-87830	RN-NR

Scope notes

• Shipment YAML keys: see skipped table
• All keys CVE/internal/RN-NR per workflow filters

Vale

• 0 errors on touched modules

Test plan

• Title and issued date match access.redhat.com after errata publishes
• Primary + RPM advisory links correct
• Vale clean on touched files

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[ocpdocs-previewbot]

🤖 Tue Jun 23 15:28:09 - Prow CI generated the docs preview:

https://113920--ocpdocs-pr.netlify.app/openshift-enterprise/latest/release_notes/ocp-4-18-release-notes.html

[ocpdocs-vale-bot]

🤖 [error] OpenShiftAsciiDoc.NoXrefInModules: Do not include xrefs in modules, only assemblies (exception: release notes modules).

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