CVE-2026-18608: Red Hat Openshift Ai 2.25

High severity, CVSS 8.7. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in the Data Science Pipelines Operator (DSPO). The operator's ClusterRole, which defines its permissions, includes extensive privileges beyond what is necessary for its operation. These excessive permissions, such as the ability to execute commands within pods and manage cluster-wide roles, could be exploited. If the DSPO pod were compromised, an attacker could leverage these privileges to gain full administrative control over the entire Kubernetes cluster.

Affected products

• Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Ai 2.25: before 1785189332 (fixed in 1785189332); before 1788182334 (fixed in 1788182334)
• Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Ai 3.3: before 1785187936 (fixed in 1785187936)
• Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Ai 3.4: before 1784833428 (fixed in 1784833428); before 1787002057 (fixed in 1787002057)
• Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Ai 3.5: before 1786552271 (fixed in 1786552271); before 1786552250 (fixed in 1786552250)

Published 2026-08-10. Last modified 2026-09-21.