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GHSA-VH9J-MVRR-922Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 21:32 – Updated: 2026-08-11 06:31

Details

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 20:44 – Updated: 2026-08-11 04:41

Title

Data-science-pipelines-operator: dspo: operator clusterrole grants pods/exec:*, kubeflow.org */*, and clusterrole/binding crud cluster-wide

Summary

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

redhat

References

3 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

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3	Unaffected: 1785187936 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.3::el9

Date Public

2026-08-10 18:47

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GHSA-VH9J-MVRR-922Q

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

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