CVE-2026-18982Odh-training-operator-rhel9: rhoai fork aggregates training job create onto native edit/admin clusterroles
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-250
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 21, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 redhat:openshift_ai | from 1785187053 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53261vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60367vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18982vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511648issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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