Vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift Ai 2.25
CVE-2026-18982
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Red Hat Openshift Ai 2.25 — versions 1785187053
- Red Hat Openshift Ai 3.3 — versions 1785188461
- Red Hat Openshift Ai 3.4 — versions 1784814352
- Red Hat Openshift Ai (Rhoai)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18982 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53261 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60367 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-18982?
- CVE-2026-18982 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift Ai 2.25, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-08-10.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18982?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.