Merge pull request #100615 from snarayan-redhat/OSDOCS-16516_CM1162

OSDOCS#16516: cert-manager 1.16.2 release notes

Author: mburke5678

security/cert_manager_operator/cert-manager-operator-release-notes.adoc

@@ -54,6 +54,33 @@ For more information, see xref:../../security/cert_manager_operator/cert-manager
 * link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-27144[CVE-2025-27144]
 * link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22871[CVE-2025-22871]
 
+[id="cert-manager-operator-release-notes-1-16-2_{context}"]
+== {cert-manager-operator} 1.16.2
+
+Issued: 2025-10-16
+
+The following advisories are available for the {cert-manager-operator} 1.16.2:
+
+* https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18219[RHSA-2025:18219]
+* https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:18223[RHBA-2025:18223]
+* https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:18229[RHBA-2025:18229]
+
+Version `1.16.2` of the {cert-manager-operator} is based on the upstream cert-manager version `v1.16.5`. For more information, see the link:https://cert-manager.io/docs/releases/release-notes/release-notes-1.16#v1165[cert-manager project release notes for v1.16.5].
+
+[id="cert-manager-operator-1-16-2-CVEs_{context}"]
+=== CVEs
+
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12718[CVE-2024-12718]
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4138[CVE-2025-4138]
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4517[CVE-2025-4517]
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49794[CVE-2025-49794]
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49796[CVE-2025-49796]
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5914[CVE-2025-5914]
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6020[CVE-2025-6020]
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6965[CVE-2025-6965]
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7425[CVE-2025-7425]
+* link:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941[CVE-2025-8941]
+
 [id="cert-manager-operator-release-notes-1-16-1_{context}"]
 == {cert-manager-operator} 1.16.1