Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the incluster-checks tool for OpenShift. The tool creates privileged debug pods with host filesystem access in the shared default namespace, where any user with the standard edit role can exec into them and obtain root access on cluster nodes.
Published: 2026-07-13
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Description A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the incluster-checks tool for OpenShift. The tool creates privileged debug pods with host filesystem access in the shared default namespace, where any user with the standard edit role can exec into them and obtain root access on cluster nodes.
Title Redhatinsights/incluster-checks: incluster-checks: privileged host-chroot debug pods created in shared default namespace enable privilege escalation to node root
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat pdrive Lightspeed
Weaknesses CWE-250
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:pdrive_lightspeed:1
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat pdrive Lightspeed
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Redhat Pdrive Lightspeed
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-13T12:01:06.562Z

Reserved: 2026-07-13T11:47:02.045Z

Link: CVE-2026-15584

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-250

    Execution with Unnecessary Privileges