CVE-2026-18982
HighCVSS 8.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk40th percentile - higher than 40% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in RHOAI training-operator allows a user with standard edit or admin roles in any Kubernetes namespace to escalate privileges. By creating training jobs, an attacker can impersonate service accounts, access the host filesystem, and potentially execute arbitrary code remotely.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can gain unauthorized access to cluster resources, including sensitive data, and potentially take control of nodes, posing a serious threat to the entire environment.
Recommendation
Update training-operator to a patched version and restrict permissions to create training jobs.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.