Excessive Privilege Vulnerability in Data Science Pipelines Operator by Red Hat
CVE-2026-18608

8.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Openshift Ai (rhoai)
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 August 2026

What is CVE-2026-18608?

A vulnerability has been identified in the Data Science Pipelines Operator (DSPO) that involves excessive permissions in its ClusterRole configuration. This flaw grants broader access than necessary for its functionality, which can allow malicious actors to execute commands within pods and manage roles at a cluster-wide level. If an attacker successfully compromises the DSPO pod, they could exploit these extensive privileges to take complete administrative control over the associated Kubernetes cluster, posing a significant security risk.

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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