EverpureCVE-2026-15140
Everpure Portworx Operator: privilege escalation
High7.7CVE-2026-15140 · Published Sep 9, 2026
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.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Portworx Operator Product | <= 26.3.1 | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 4.0
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-266