Red Hat: privilege escalation
High8.8CVE-2026-18951 · Published Aug 10, 2026 · updated Sep 21, 2026
A flaw was found in the Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) overlay for the training operator. The RHOAI overlay incorrectly aggregates `trainjobs` management permissions into the native Kubernetes `edit ClusterRole`. This allows any user with `edit ClusterRole` permissions in a namespace to create, modify, and delete `TrainJobs`. When combined with a separate vulnerability (TRN-01) that permits arbitrary pod configurations, a remote attacker with namespace editor privileges could exploit this to escalate privileges, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Affected versions
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18951
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18951
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60367
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18951
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511187
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