CVE-2026-18617: Red Hat Openshift Ai 2.25

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in the Data Science Pipelines Operator (DSPO). A namespace editor can exploit a vulnerability in the spec.database.customExtraParams field, which allows for the injection of dangerous parameters into the MySQL Data Source Name (DSN) string. By manipulating these parameters, an attacker can enable LOCAL INFILE functionality and exfiltrate sensitive files, such as the service account token, from the operator pod. This can lead to privilege escalation, allowing a namespace editor to gain cluster-admin privileges.

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.