Resource exhaustion in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4

CVE-2026-10533

A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform. Completed pods with restartPolicy: Never do not count toward ResourceQuota pod limits, and Kubernetes events are not quota-scoped. A non-privileged user who can create pods in a namespace c…

EPSS: 0.000 (11.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-10533?
CVE-2026-10533 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-10533?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.