# CVE-2026-15044: Trustyai-service-operator: trustyai service operator: unauthenticated access to ai guardrails and orchestrator apis

> Attackers can access AI guardrails and orchestrator APIs without authentication if specific security settings are disabled, leading to unauthorized data access and modification.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-569j-6vhh-8mc3

## What is CVE-2026-15044?

CVE-2026-15044 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI), published on 8 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in the TrustyAI Service Operator. When deploying services like gorch or NemoGuardrails, if a specific security setting is not enabled, these services can expose their communication channels without requiring users to prove their identity. This allows any other program within the cluster to access the AI guardrails and orchestrator without proper authorization. An attacker could exploit this to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and potentially make limited changes to the AI models.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15044?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-15044?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15044 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-15044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-15044 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-15044 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI), published on 8 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15044/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15044/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15044
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15044
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-15044

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15044/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.