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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2026-18620 json

Data-sciences-pipeline: user-controlled serviceaccount for workflow pods without authorization check — confused deputy

published 2026-08-10 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-21 49 d ago also EUVD-2026-55826

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Data Science Pipelines. A restricted user, or tenant, can exploit an improper authorization vulnerability in the setDefaultServiceAccount function. By specifying a more privileged ServiceAccount (SA) during a CreateRun request, an attacker can bypass authorization checks. This allows the tenant to run their containers with elevated privileges, potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive information (secrets) and the ability to execute commands within other users' pods.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 1785189934, 1788256711
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 1785187920
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 1784924951, 1787173417
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.5 1786552250, 1786552271

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-2026-18620 updated cvss 7.1

data-sciences-pipeline: User-controlled ServiceAccount for workflow pods without authorization check — confused deputy

  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 rhoai/odh-ml-pipelines-api-server-v2-rhel9 1785189934, rhoai/odh-ml-pipelines-api-server-v2-rhel9 1788256711
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:65126
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 rhoai/odh-ml-pipelines-api-server-v2-rhel9 1785187920
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53263
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 rhoai/odh-ml-pipelines-api-server-v2-rhel9 1784924951, rhoai/odh-ml-pipelines-api-server-v2-rhel9 1787173417
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:60520
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.5 rhoai/odh-latency-predictor-training-rhel9 1786552250, rhoai/odh-latency-predictor-prediction-rhel9 1786552271
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:60367
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator 1786112809, rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator 1788331391, rhoai/odh-vllm-cpu-rhel9 1786712073, rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9 1785940823, rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9 1788312226, rhoai/odh-modelmesh-rhel9 1788319539, +95 more Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 rhoai/odh-trainer-rhel9 1785187865, rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator 1786129846, rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9 1786109683, rhoai/odh-operator-bundle 1786130475, rhoai/odh-ta-lmes-job-rhel9 1785187607, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-maas-rhel9 1786109736, +21 more Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 rhoai/odh-cli-rhel9 1787330837, rhoai/rhai-cli-rhel9 1787330837, rhoai/odh-automl-rhel9 1786612415, rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9 1787226790, rhoai/odh-autorag-rhel9 1786612637, rhoai/odh-trainer-rhel9 1784039162, +135 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

Sources

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