Riskcovery

CVE-2026-18608

Data-science-pipelines-operator: dspo: operator clusterrole grants pods/exec:*, kubeflow.org */*, and clusterrole/binding crud cluster-wide

State
Published
Severity
8.7 High
Published
Aug 10, 2026
Updated
Sep 21, 2026
Reserved
Aug 3, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in the Data Science Pipelines Operator (DSPO). The operator's ClusterRole, which defines its permissions, includes extensive privileges beyond what is necessary for its operation. These excessive permissions, such as the ability to execute commands within pods and manage cluster-wide roles, could be exploited. If the DSPO pod were compromised, an attacker could leverage these privileges to gain full administrative control over the entire Kubernetes cluster.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25Red Hat
  • 1785189332 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25Red Hat
  • 1788182334 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3Red Hat
  • 1785187936 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4Red Hat
  • 1784833428 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4Red Hat
  • 1787002057 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.5Red Hat
  • 1786552271 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.5Red Hat
  • 1786552250 and laterNot affected

References

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