CVE-2026-15218 Privilege escalation in Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
Excessive permissions in OpenShift AI service accounts allow attackers to gain cluster admin privileges and read all secrets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-15218?
CVE-2026-15218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4, published on 17 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15218?
How do I fix CVE-2026-15218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-15218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xpxj-568j-277q.