CVE-2026-18982

odh-training-operator-rhel9: RHOAI fork aggregates training job create onto native edit/admin ClusterRoles

Published 10 Aug 2026Modified 21 Sep 2026CWE 250

In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

Red Hat8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by Red Hat.

Description

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

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References

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https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18982

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