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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53261
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18982
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511648

Configurations

No configuration.

History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-10 21:17

Updated : 2026-08-27 17:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-18982

Mitre link : CVE-2026-18982

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-18982

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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