CVE-2026-18982 (GCVE-0-2026-18982)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-10 20:45
Modified
2026-08-27 15:07
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Summary
A flaw was found in the RHOAI training-operator. This vulnerability allows a user with standard edit or admin roles in any Kubernetes namespace to escalate their privileges. Through the creation of training jobs, an attacker can impersonate service accounts, access the host filesystem, and potentially execute arbitrary code remotely. This issue arises from the aggregation of training job permissions onto native Kubernetes edit and admin ClusterRoles, coupled with unrestricted PodTemplateSpec passthrough.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53261 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18982 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511648 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 Unaffected: 1785187053   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:2.25::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 Unaffected: 1785188461   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.3::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 Unaffected: 1784814352   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.4::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 Unaffected: 1787361677   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.4::el9
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