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NVD HIGH: CVE-2026-18982 — A flaw was found in the RHOAI training-operator. This vulnerability allows a use...

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Executive Summary

A flaw was found in the RHOAI training-operator. This vulnerability allows a user with standard edit or admin roles in any Kubernetes namespace to escalate their privileges. Through the creation of training jobs, an attacker can impersonate service accounts, access the host filesystem, and potentially execute arbitrary code remotely. This issue arises from the aggregation of training job permissio

Analysis

A flaw was found in the RHOAI training-operator. This vulnerability allows a user with standard edit or admin roles in any Kubernetes namespace to escalate their privileges. Through the creation of training jobs, an attacker can impersonate service accounts, access the host filesystem, and potentially execute arbitrary code remotely. This issue arises from the aggregation of training job permissions onto native Kubernetes edit and admin ClusterRoles, coupled with unrestricted PodTemplateSpec passthrough. CVSS Score: 8.8. Published: 2026-08-10T21:17:21.833.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-18982
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Aug 10, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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