CVE-2026-15218

Models-as-a-service: red hat openshift ai: maas-api and maas-controller serviceaccounts with excessive permissions lead to privilege escalation

State
Published
Severity
7.9 High
Published
Aug 17, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Jul 9, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in the maas-api and maas-controller ServiceAccounts within Red Hat OpenShift AI. These ServiceAccounts are granted cluster-wide permissions that exceed their operational requirements. An attacker who compromises the identity of these ServiceAccounts, either through a remote code execution vulnerability or by creating a malicious pod in the same namespace, could exploit these excessive permissions. This could lead to full cluster administrator privileges through the creation of new ClusterRoleBindings or the disclosure of sensitive information by accessing all secrets across the cluster.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.9 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Lredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affected Products

ProductVersions
maas-api
  • all versionsAffectedfrom d7099eabc2c52bb5328cb7a9dd137cc2ea90dd53Not affected
maas-controller
  • all versionsAffected
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4Red Hat
  • 1787153683 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4Red Hat
  • 1791790095 and laterNot affected

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