CVE-2026-18982 Odh-training-operator-rhel9: rhoai fork aggregates training job create onto native edit/admin clusterroles
Users with standard edit or admin roles can escalate privileges to impersonate service accounts and execute arbitrary code via training job creation.
- 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-2026-18982?
CVE-2026-18982 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25, published on 10 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-250
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-18982?
How do I fix CVE-2026-18982?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18982 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-18982 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18982 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v6pg-cp3x-x49r.