CVE-2026-15140 Privilege escalation in Portworx Operator
Limited namespace users can gain elevated cluster privileges during initial Portworx Operator provisioning on OpenShift.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-15140?
CVE-2026-15140 is a high-severity vulnerability in Everpure Portworx Operator, published on 9 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege-escalation issue in the Portworx Operator when deployed on Red Hat OpenShift (OCP). Only under specific conditions during the initial provisioning of a Portworx storage cluster, a user holding only limited, namespace-scoped permissions could cause the operator to grant broader access than intended, potentially resulting in elevated privileges within the Kubernetes cluster.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15140?
How do I fix CVE-2026-15140?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-15140 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15140 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q9g8-x2gv-frw5.