Vulnerability · Published Jun 4, 2026 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2026-10840Openshift-pipelines-operator-rh: openshift-pipelines-operator: tekton-scheduler-rolebinding grants system:authenticated write access to kueue and cert-manager resources
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity incorrect permission assignment in OpenShift Pipelines from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A flaw was found in the OpenShift Pipelines operator. The tekton-scheduler-rolebinding ClusterRoleBinding grants the system:authenticated group write access to Kueue and cert-manager custom resources via the tekton-scheduler-role ClusterRole. When Kueue or cert-manager CRDs are present on the cluster, any authenticated user can disrupt workload scheduling, tamper with scheduling priorities, delete other tenants' Workload objects, or induce cert-manager to overwrite TLS Secrets including the default ingress controller certificate.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Builds 1.7.3 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Builds 1.8.1 | see references |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Pipelines | see references |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Pipelines | see references |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Pipelines | see references |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Pipelines | see references |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Pipelines | see references |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Pipelines | see references |
Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
References
- RHSA-2026:36648 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:41036 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10840 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2484720 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-10840.json x_sadp-csaf-vex