CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-15584

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.25%

16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the incluster-checks tool for OpenShift allows any user with the standard edit role to exec into privileged debug pods with host filesystem access and obtain root access on cluster nodes.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that an unauthorized user can gain root access to cluster nodes, potentially compromising the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the entire OpenShift cluster.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the incluster-checks tool to a patched version and restrict access to the edit role in the default namespace.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS