CVE-2026-18608 (GCVE-0-2026-18608)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 20:44 – Updated: 2026-08-11 04:41
VLAI
Title
Data-science-pipelines-operator: dspo: operator clusterrole grants pods/exec:*, kubeflow.org */*, and clusterrole/binding crud cluster-wide
Summary
A flaw was found in the Data Science Pipelines Operator (DSPO). The operator's ClusterRole, which defines its permissions, includes extensive privileges beyond what is necessary for its operation. These excessive permissions, such as the ability to execute commands within pods and manage cluster-wide roles, could be exploited. If the DSPO pod were compromised, an attacker could leverage these privileges to gain full administrative control over the entire Kubernetes cluster.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18608 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510296 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 Unaffected: 1785187936 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.3::el9
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Date Public
2026-08-10 18:47
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