Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2026 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2026-18982Odh-training-operator-rhel9: rhoai fork aggregates training job create onto native edit/admin clusterroles
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 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 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.5 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.5 | see references |
Weakness: CWE-250 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- RHSA-2026:53261 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:53262 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:53263 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60367 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60520 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18982 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2511648 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT