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high 8.8

CVE-2026-18982 json

Odh-training-operator-rhel9: rhoai fork aggregates training job create onto native edit/admin clusterroles

published 2026-08-10 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-21 49 d ago also EUVD-2026-55822

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 1785187053
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 1785188461
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 1784814352, 1787361677
  • 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-2026-18982 updated cvss 8.8

odh-training-operator-rhel9: RHOAI fork aggregates training job create onto native edit/admin ClusterRoles

  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9 1785187053
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53261
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9 1785188461
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53263
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9 1784814352, rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9 1787361677
    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-dashboard-rhel9 1785940823, rhoai/odh-operator-bundle 1786113363, rhoai/odh-caikit-nlp-rhel9 1785186995, rhoai/odh-ta-lmes-job-rhel9 1785187011, rhoai/odh-feast-operator-rhel9 1786110116, +19 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
total
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

References

Sources

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