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GHSA-V6PG-CP3X-X49R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 21:32 – Updated: 2026-08-27 18:31

Details

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-18982 (GCVE-0-2026-18982)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 20:45 – Updated: 2026-08-27 15:07

Title

Odh-training-operator-rhel9: rhoai fork aggregates training job create onto native edit/admin clusterroles

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-11 15:34 UTC

CWE

CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53261	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18982	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511648	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

4 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25	Unaffected: 1785187053 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:2.25::el9
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3	Unaffected: 1785188461 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.3::el9
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4	Unaffected: 1784814352 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.4::el9
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4	Unaffected: 1787361677 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.4::el9

Date Public

2026-08-10 18:54

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