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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2026-15584 json

Redhatinsights/incluster-checks: incluster-checks: privileged host-chroot debug pods created in shared default namespace enable privilege escalation to node root

published 2026-07-13 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also EUVD-2026-43491

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the incluster-checks tool for OpenShift. The tool creates privileged debug pods with host filesystem access in the shared default namespace, where any user with the standard edit role can exec into them and obtain root access on cluster nodes.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-15584 updated cvss 7.5

RedHatInsights/incluster-checks: incluster-checks: Privileged host-chroot debug pods created in shared default namespace enable privilege escalation to node root

  • Red Hat Pen Drive Powered by Red Hat Lightspeed pen-drive/pen-drive-scanner-rhel9
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Pen Drive Powered by Red Hat Lightspeed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

References

Sources

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