Odh-dashboard: odh-dashboard: clusterrole grants cluster-wide crud on secrets and rbac management resources
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-18949 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-08-10 21:17:21 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-08-11 05:17:13 UTC |
| Description | A flaw was found in odh-dashboard. This vulnerability allows an attacker, who has compromised the dashboard's Service Account (SA) token, to exploit overly broad permissions granted to the SA. This enables the attacker to escalate their privileges to cluster-administrator level, gain access to sensitive data like credentials and keys across the entire cluster, and disrupt multi-tenant isolation. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types: CWE-250 | CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Secondary | 8.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | CNA | CVSS | 8.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
LowUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
HighIntegrity
HighAvailability
HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 | unaffected 1786109683 * rpm | Not specified |
| CNA | Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI RHOAI | Not specified | Not specified |
| CNA | Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI RHOAI | Not specified | Not specified |
| CNA | Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI RHOAI | Not specified | Not specified |
| CNA | Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI RHOAI | Not specified | Not specified |
| CNA | Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI RHOAI | Not specified | Not specified |
| CNA | Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI RHOAI | Not specified | Not specified |
| CNA | Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI RHOAI | Not specified | Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18949 | [email protected] | access.redhat.com | |
| bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi | [email protected] | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263 | [email protected] | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Additional Advisory Data
| Source | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| CNA | 2026-08-04T18:31:33.695Z | Reported to Red Hat. |
| CNA | 2026-08-10T18:53:34.106Z | Made public. |
Workarounds
CNA: To mitigate this issue, restrict access to the `opendatahub` namespace to limit potential compromise of the dashboard pod. Implement egress `NetworkPolicy` rules to control and restrict outbound network traffic from the dashboard. Additionally, configure audit log alerting to monitor for and detect any unexpected creation of `ClusterRoleBindings` within the cluster.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.